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From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>,
	Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>,
	James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>,
	"Serge E . Hallyn" <serge@hallyn.com>,
	Mimi Zohar <zohar@linux.ibm.com>,
	linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-integrity@vger.kernel.org, linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] fs: get mnt_writers count for an open backing file's real path
Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 07:43:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231009064330.GF800259@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231007084433.1417887-2-amir73il@gmail.com>

On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 11:44:31AM +0300, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> +static inline void file_put_write_access(struct file *file)
> +{
> +	put_write_access(file->f_inode);
> +	mnt_put_write_access(file->f_path.mnt);
> +	if (unlikely(file->f_mode & FMODE_BACKING)) {
> +		struct path *real_path = backing_file_real_path(file);
> +
> +		if (real_path->mnt)
> +			mnt_put_write_access(real_path->mnt);

IDGI.  Where do we get FMODE_BACKING combined with NULL real_path.mnt *AND*
put_file_access() possibly called?  Or file_get_write_access(), for
that matter...

FMODE_BACKING is set only in alloc_empty_backing_file().  The only caller
is backing_file_open(), which immediately sets real_path to its third
argument.  That could only come from ovl_open_realfile().  And if that
had been called with buggered struct path, it would have already blown
up on mnt_idmap(realpath->mnt).

The only interval where such beasts exist is from
        ff->file.f_mode |= FMODE_BACKING | FMODE_NOACCOUNT;
	return &ff->file;
in alloc_empty_backing_file() through

	f->f_path = *path;
	path_get(real_path);
	*backing_file_real_path(f) = *real_path;

in backing_file_open().  Where would that struct file (just allocated,
never seen outside of local variables in those two scopes) be passed
to get_file_write_access() or put_file_access()?

Or am I misreading something?

  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-09  6:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-07  8:44 [PATCH v2 0/3] Reduce impact of overlayfs backing files fake path Amir Goldstein
2023-10-07  8:44 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] fs: get mnt_writers count for an open backing file's real path Amir Goldstein
2023-10-09  6:43   ` Al Viro [this message]
2023-10-09  8:03     ` Amir Goldstein
2023-10-07  8:44 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] fs: create helper file_user_path() for user displayed mapped file path Amir Goldstein
2023-10-09  7:00   ` Al Viro
2023-10-09  7:51     ` Amir Goldstein
2023-10-07  8:44 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] fs: store real path instead of fake path in backing file f_path Amir Goldstein
2023-10-09  7:48   ` Al Viro
2023-10-09  8:25     ` Amir Goldstein
2023-10-09 18:53       ` Al Viro

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