From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Leon Romanovsky <leon@kernel.org>,
Steve French <sfrench@samba.org>,
ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@chenxiaosong.com>,
Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@kernel.org>,
Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org>,
Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com>,
Trond Myklebust <trondmy@kernel.org>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org,
ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org, v9fs@lists.linux.dev,
linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
Subject: [PATCH 07/26] cachefiles: Fix excess dput() after end_removing()
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:45:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260326104544.509518-8-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260326104544.509518-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
When cachefiles_cull() calls cachefiles_bury_object(), the latter eats the
former's ref on the victim dentry that it obtained from
cachefiles_lookup_for_cull(). However, commit 7bb1eb45e43c left the dput
of the victim in place, resulting in occasional:
WARNING: fs/dcache.c:829 at dput.part.0+0xf5/0x110, CPU#7: cachefilesd/11831
cachefiles_cull+0x8c/0xe0 [cachefiles]
cachefiles_daemon_cull+0xcd/0x120 [cachefiles]
cachefiles_daemon_write+0x14e/0x1d0 [cachefiles]
vfs_write+0xc3/0x480
...
reports.
Actually, it's worse than that: cachefiles_bury_object() eats the ref it was
given - and then may continue to the now-unref'd dentry it if it turns out to
be a directory. So simply removing the aberrant dput() is not sufficient.
Fix this by making cachefiles_bury_object() retain the ref itself around
end_removing() if it needs to keep it and then drop the ref before returning.
Fixes: bd6ede8a06e8 ("VFS/nfsd/cachefiles/ovl: introduce start_removing() and end_removing()")
Reported-by: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
fs/cachefiles/namei.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
index e5ec90dccc27..20138309733f 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/namei.c
@@ -287,14 +287,14 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
if (!d_is_dir(rep)) {
ret = cachefiles_unlink(cache, object, dir, rep, why);
end_removing(rep);
-
_leave(" = %d", ret);
return ret;
}
/* directories have to be moved to the graveyard */
_debug("move stale object to graveyard");
- end_removing(rep);
+ dget(rep);
+ end_removing(rep); /* Drops ref on rep */
try_again:
/* first step is to make up a grave dentry in the graveyard */
@@ -304,8 +304,10 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
/* do the multiway lock magic */
trap = lock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
- if (IS_ERR(trap))
- return PTR_ERR(trap);
+ if (IS_ERR(trap)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(trap);
+ goto out;
+ }
/* do some checks before getting the grave dentry */
if (rep->d_parent != dir || IS_DEADDIR(d_inode(rep))) {
@@ -313,25 +315,27 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
* lock */
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
_leave(" = 0 [culled?]");
- return 0;
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out;
}
+ ret = -EIO;
if (!d_can_lookup(cache->graveyard)) {
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
cachefiles_io_error(cache, "Graveyard no longer a directory");
- return -EIO;
+ goto out;
}
if (trap == rep) {
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
cachefiles_io_error(cache, "May not make directory loop");
- return -EIO;
+ goto out;
}
if (d_mountpoint(rep)) {
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
cachefiles_io_error(cache, "Mountpoint in cache");
- return -EIO;
+ goto out;
}
grave = lookup_one(&nop_mnt_idmap, &QSTR(nbuffer), cache->graveyard);
@@ -343,11 +347,12 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
if (PTR_ERR(grave) == -ENOMEM) {
_leave(" = -ENOMEM");
- return -ENOMEM;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
}
cachefiles_io_error(cache, "Lookup error %ld", PTR_ERR(grave));
- return -EIO;
+ goto out;
}
if (d_is_positive(grave)) {
@@ -362,7 +367,7 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
dput(grave);
cachefiles_io_error(cache, "Mountpoint in graveyard");
- return -EIO;
+ goto out;
}
/* target should not be an ancestor of source */
@@ -370,7 +375,7 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
dput(grave);
cachefiles_io_error(cache, "May not make directory loop");
- return -EIO;
+ goto out;
}
/* attempt the rename */
@@ -404,8 +409,10 @@ int cachefiles_bury_object(struct cachefiles_cache *cache,
__cachefiles_unmark_inode_in_use(object, d_inode(rep));
unlock_rename(cache->graveyard, dir);
dput(grave);
- _leave(" = 0");
- return 0;
+ _leave(" = %d", ret);
+out:
+ dput(rep);
+ return ret;
}
/*
@@ -812,7 +819,6 @@ int cachefiles_cull(struct cachefiles_cache *cache, struct dentry *dir,
ret = cachefiles_bury_object(cache, NULL, dir, victim,
FSCACHE_OBJECT_WAS_CULLED);
- dput(victim);
if (ret < 0)
goto error;
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-26 10:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-26 10:45 [PATCH 00/26] netfs: Keep track of folios in a segmented bio_vec[] chain David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 01/26] netfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference in netfs_unbuffered_write() on retry David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 02/26] netfs: Fix kernel BUG in netfs_limit_iter() for ITER_KVEC iterators David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 03/26] netfs: fix VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() issue in netfs_write_begin() call David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 04/26] netfs: fix error handling in netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 05/26] netfs: Fix read abandonment during retry David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 06/26] netfs: Fix the handling of stream->front by removing it David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` David Howells [this message]
[not found] ` <CA+yaA_=gpTnueByzFNYrqNL_qSC2rE4iGDjLHtJap-=_rhE3HQ@mail.gmail.com>
2026-03-26 11:10 ` [PATCH 07/26] cachefiles: Fix excess dput() after end_removing() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 08/26] cachefiles: Don't rely on backing fs storage map for most use cases David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 09/26] mm: Make readahead store folio count in readahead_control David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 10/26] netfs: Bulk load the readahead-provided folios up front David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 11/26] Add a function to kmap one page of a multipage bio_vec David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 12/26] iov_iter: Add a segmented queue of bio_vec[] David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 13/26] netfs: Add some tools for managing bvecq chains David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 14/26] netfs: Add a function to extract from an iter into a bvecq David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 15/26] afs: Use a bvecq to hold dir content rather than folioq David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 16/26] cifs: Use a bvecq for buffering instead of a folioq David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 17/26] cifs: Support ITER_BVECQ in smb_extract_iter_to_rdma() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 18/26] netfs: Switch to using bvecq rather than folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 19/26] cifs: Remove support for ITER_KVEC/BVEC/FOLIOQ from smb_extract_iter_to_rdma() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 20/26] netfs: Remove netfs_alloc/free_folioq_buffer() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 21/26] netfs: Remove netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 22/26] iov_iter: Remove ITER_FOLIOQ David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 23/26] netfs: Remove folio_queue and rolling_buffer David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 24/26] netfs: Check for too much data being read David Howells
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 25/26] netfs: Limit the the minimum trigger for progress reporting David Howells
2026-03-26 14:19 ` ChenXiaoSong
2026-03-26 10:45 ` [PATCH 26/26] netfs: Combine prepare and issue ops and grab the buffers on request David Howells
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