[PATCH 0/3] netfs, cachefiles: Miscellaneous fixes

[PATCH 0/3] netfs, cachefiles: Miscellaneous fixes

[David Howells]

Hi Christian,

Here are a couple of miscellaneous fixes for netfslib and one for cachefiles,
if you could pick them up?

 (1) Fix an uninitialised return value from netfs_unbuffered_write().

 (2) Fix read progress reporting to avoid 64-bit tearing on a 32-bit
     machine.  This has been modified from the previous submission as part
     of a different series to take account of a sashiko reported issue[1].

 (3) Fix a potential UAF/KASAN warning reported by sashiko[1] in cachefiles in
     which the coherency data buffer is cast to a __be64* and dereferenced in
     a tracepoint - even though it might not be at least that large (or
     aligned).

The patches can also be found here:

	https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs.git/log/?h=netfs-fixes

Thanks,
David

[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260810144746.574036-1-dhowells%40redhat.com

David Howells (2):
  netfs: Fix read progress reporting
  cachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning

Karl Mehltretter (1):
  netfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write()

 fs/cachefiles/xattr.c             | 16 ++++-----
 fs/netfs/buffered_read.c          |  4 +++
 fs/netfs/direct_write.c           |  2 +-
 fs/netfs/internal.h               |  1 +
 fs/netfs/objects.c                | 32 ++++++++++-------
 fs/netfs/read_collect.c           | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 fs/netfs/read_single.c            |  2 ++
 include/linux/netfs.h             |  2 +-
 include/trace/events/cachefiles.h | 19 ++++++++--
 include/trace/events/netfs.h      | 21 +++++++++++
 10 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

[PATCH 1/3] netfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write()

[David Howells]

From: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>

If preparation of the first subrequest fails,
netfs_unbuffered_write() exits its loop before ret is initialized. The
empty-iterator check can do the same.

For synchronous writes, netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked() may then
return an unrelated error instead of wreq->error. This is reachable
through CIFS if cifs_prepare_write() fails to reopen the file or obtain
credits.

Initialize ret to 0 so the caller returns wreq->error if no data was
written, or the number of bytes already written otherwise.

Found with Clang's -Wconditional-uninitialized.

Fixes: a0b4c7a49137e ("netfs: Fix unbuffered/DIO writes to dispatch subrequests in strict sequence")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-fable-5
Signed-off-by: Karl Mehltretter <kmehltretter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
---
 fs/netfs/direct_write.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
index c16fbad286a1..b04019097ab8 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/direct_write.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static int netfs_unbuffered_write(struct netfs_io_request *wreq)
 {
 	struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq = NULL;
 	struct netfs_io_stream *stream = &wreq->io_streams[0];
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	_enter("%llx", wreq->len);
 

[PATCH 2/3] netfs: Fix read progress reporting

[David Howells]

For really big read RPC ops that span multiple folios, netfslib allows the
filesystem to give progress notifications to wake up the collector thread
to do a collection of folios that have now been fetched, even if the RPC is
still ongoing, thereby allowing the application to make progress.

This works by taking the current rreq->cleaned_to value (which indicates
which folios have been unlocked) and adding the stashed size of the next
folio to it.  cleaned_to, however, is subject to 64-bit tearing on a 32-bit
arch.

Fix this by stashing the next progress notification point as a size_t
(which won't tear) to be added to rreq->start (which won't change), with
the collector thread calculating that from cleaned_to plus the next folio
size.

Further, however, if the folios are small, the collector thread gets
constantly woken up - which has a negative performance impact on the
system.

Fix that too by setting a minimum trigger of 256KiB or the size of the
folio at the front of the queue, whichever is larger.

Also, make sure rreq->cleaned_to is initialised up front, along with
rreq->collected_to and stream->collected_to.

Fixes: e2d46f2ec332 ("netfs: Change the read result collector to only use one work item")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260804100224.2748935-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/netfs/buffered_read.c     |  4 +++
 fs/netfs/internal.h          |  1 +
 fs/netfs/objects.c           | 32 ++++++++++++--------
 fs/netfs/read_collect.c      | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 fs/netfs/read_single.c       |  2 ++
 include/linux/netfs.h        |  2 +-
 include/trace/events/netfs.h | 21 +++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 93 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
index 7fdfa4f27e34..3c32ef41a27f 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/buffered_read.c
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ static ssize_t netfs_prepare_read_iterator(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 				folio_batch_release(&put_batch);
 				return added;
 			}
+
+			if (!rreq->progress_at)
+				netfs_read_set_unlock_at(rreq);
 			rreq->submitted += added;
 		}
 		folio_batch_release(&put_batch);
@@ -387,6 +390,7 @@ static int netfs_create_singular_buffer(struct netfs_io_request *rreq, struct fo
 	if (added < 0)
 		return added;
 	rreq->submitted = rreq->start + added;
+	rreq->progress_at = added;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/netfs/internal.h b/fs/netfs/internal.h
index 420ee7b26580..f92281a611de 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/internal.h
+++ b/fs/netfs/internal.h
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ static inline void netfs_see_subrequest(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq,
 /*
  * read_collect.c
  */
+void netfs_read_set_unlock_at(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
 bool netfs_read_collection(struct netfs_io_request *rreq);
 void netfs_read_collection_worker(struct work_struct *work);
 void netfs_cancel_read(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq, int error);
diff --git a/fs/netfs/objects.c b/fs/netfs/objects.c
index 01461a74642d..7f6a3e912602 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/objects.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/objects.c
@@ -41,24 +41,32 @@ struct netfs_io_request *netfs_alloc_request(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	memset(rreq, 0, kmem_cache_size(cache));
 	INIT_WORK(&rreq->cleanup_work, netfs_free_request);
-	rreq->gfp	= gfp;
-	rreq->start	= start;
-	rreq->len	= len;
-	rreq->origin	= origin;
-	rreq->netfs_ops	= ctx->ops;
-	rreq->mapping	= mapping;
-	rreq->inode	= inode;
-	rreq->i_size	= i_size_read(inode);
-	rreq->debug_id	= atomic_inc_return(&debug_ids);
-	rreq->wsize	= INT_MAX;
+	rreq->gfp		= gfp;
+	rreq->start		= start;
+	rreq->collected_to	= start;
+	rreq->cleaned_to	= start;
+	rreq->len		= len;
+	rreq->progress_at	= 0;
+	rreq->origin		= origin;
+	rreq->netfs_ops		= ctx->ops;
+	rreq->mapping		= mapping;
+	rreq->inode		= inode;
+	rreq->i_size		= i_size_read(inode);
+	rreq->debug_id		= atomic_inc_return(&debug_ids);
+	rreq->wsize		= INT_MAX;
 	rreq->io_streams[0].sreq_max_len = ULONG_MAX;
 	rreq->io_streams[0].sreq_max_segs = 0;
 	spin_lock_init(&rreq->lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rreq->io_streams[0].subrequests);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rreq->io_streams[1].subrequests);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&rreq->waitq);
 	refcount_set(&rreq->ref, 2);
 
+	for (int s = 0; s < NR_IO_STREAMS; s++) {
+		struct netfs_io_stream *stream = &rreq->io_streams[s];
+
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&stream->subrequests);
+		stream->collected_to = rreq->start;
+	}
+
 	if (origin == NETFS_READAHEAD ||
 	    origin == NETFS_READPAGE ||
 	    origin == NETFS_READ_GAPS ||
diff --git a/fs/netfs/read_collect.c b/fs/netfs/read_collect.c
index 23660a590124..723b479ef606 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/read_collect.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/read_collect.c
@@ -94,6 +94,35 @@ static void netfs_unlock_read_folio(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 	folioq_clear(folioq, slot);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Determine how much to gather before unlocking more folios.
+ */
+void netfs_read_set_unlock_at(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
+{
+	struct folio_queue *folioq = rreq->buffer.tail;
+	unsigned int slot = rreq->buffer.first_tail_slot;
+	size_t cleaned_to = rreq->cleaned_to - rreq->start;
+	size_t progress_at = cleaned_to;
+	size_t minimum = 256 * 1024;
+
+	while (progress_at < rreq->len) {
+		if (slot >= folioq_nr_slots(folioq)) {
+			folioq = folioq->next;
+			if (!folioq)
+				break;
+			slot = 0;
+		}
+
+		progress_at += folioq_folio_size(folioq, slot);
+		if (progress_at - cleaned_to >= minimum)
+			break;
+		slot++;
+	}
+
+	WRITE_ONCE(rreq->progress_at, progress_at);
+	trace_netfs_read_progress_at(rreq);
+}
+
 /*
  * Unlock any folios we've finished with.
  */
@@ -112,7 +141,7 @@ static void netfs_read_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 	if (slot >= folioq_nr_slots(folioq)) {
 		folioq = rolling_buffer_delete_spent(&rreq->buffer);
 		if (!folioq) {
-			rreq->front_folio_order = 0;
+			WRITE_ONCE(rreq->progress_at, ULONG_MAX);
 			return;
 		}
 		slot = 0;
@@ -120,8 +149,7 @@ static void netfs_read_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 
 	for (;;) {
 		struct folio *folio;
-		unsigned long long fpos, fend;
-		unsigned int order;
+		unsigned long long fpos = rreq->cleaned_to, fend;
 		size_t fsize;
 
 		if (*notes & COPY_TO_CACHE)
@@ -133,9 +161,7 @@ static void netfs_read_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 			      rreq->debug_id, folio->index))
 			trace_netfs_folio(folio, netfs_folio_trace_not_locked);
 
-		order = folioq_folio_order(folioq, slot);
-		rreq->front_folio_order = order;
-		fsize = PAGE_SIZE << order;
+		fsize = folioq_folio_size(folioq, slot);
 		fpos = folio_pos(folio);
 		fend = fpos + fsize;
 
@@ -146,7 +172,7 @@ static void netfs_read_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 			break;
 
 		netfs_unlock_read_folio(rreq, folioq, slot);
-		WRITE_ONCE(rreq->cleaned_to, fpos + fsize);
+		WRITE_ONCE(rreq->cleaned_to, fend);
 		*notes |= MADE_PROGRESS;
 
 		clear_bit(NETFS_RREQ_FOLIO_COPY_TO_CACHE, &rreq->flags);
@@ -172,6 +198,8 @@ static void netfs_read_unlock_folios(struct netfs_io_request *rreq,
 	rreq->buffer.tail = folioq;
 done:
 	rreq->buffer.first_tail_slot = slot;
+
+	netfs_read_set_unlock_at(rreq);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -232,7 +260,7 @@ static void netfs_collect_read_results(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
 		 * subreqs.
 		 */
 		if (notes & BUFFERED) {
-			size_t fsize = PAGE_SIZE << rreq->front_folio_order;
+			uoff_t unlock_at = rreq->start + rreq->progress_at;
 
 			/* Clear the tail of a short read. */
 			if (!(notes & HIT_PENDING) &&
@@ -257,7 +285,7 @@ static void netfs_collect_read_results(struct netfs_io_request *rreq)
 				transferred = front->len;
 				trace_netfs_rreq(rreq, netfs_rreq_trace_set_abandon);
 			}
-			if (front->start + transferred >= rreq->cleaned_to + fsize ||
+			if (front->start + transferred >= unlock_at ||
 			    test_bit(NETFS_SREQ_HIT_EOF, &front->flags))
 				netfs_read_unlock_folios(rreq, &notes);
 		} else {
@@ -477,20 +505,22 @@ void netfs_read_collection_worker(struct work_struct *work)
 void netfs_read_subreq_progress(struct netfs_io_subrequest *subreq)
 {
 	struct netfs_io_request *rreq = subreq->rreq;
-	struct netfs_io_stream *stream = &rreq->io_streams[0];
-	size_t fsize = PAGE_SIZE << rreq->front_folio_order;
-
-	trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_progress);
+	struct netfs_io_stream *stream = &rreq->io_streams[subreq->stream_nr];
+	size_t progress_at = READ_ONCE(rreq->progress_at);
+	uoff_t update_at = rreq->start + progress_at;
+	uoff_t transferred_to = subreq->start + subreq->transferred;
 
 	/* If we are at the head of the queue, wake up the collector,
 	 * getting a ref to it if we were the ones to do so.
 	 */
-	if (subreq->start + subreq->transferred > rreq->cleaned_to + fsize &&
+	if (progress_at != ULONG_MAX &&
+	    transferred_to >= update_at &&
 	    (rreq->origin == NETFS_READAHEAD ||
 	     rreq->origin == NETFS_READPAGE ||
 	     rreq->origin == NETFS_READ_FOR_WRITE) &&
 	    list_is_first(&subreq->rreq_link, &stream->subrequests)
 	    ) {
+		trace_netfs_sreq(subreq, netfs_sreq_trace_progress);
 		__set_bit(NETFS_SREQ_MADE_PROGRESS, &subreq->flags);
 		netfs_wake_collector(rreq);
 	}
diff --git a/fs/netfs/read_single.c b/fs/netfs/read_single.c
index 8833550d2eb6..de67ac41548d 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/read_single.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/read_single.c
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ ssize_t netfs_read_single(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, struct iov_ite
 	if (IS_ERR(rreq))
 		return PTR_ERR(rreq);
 
+	rreq->progress_at = rreq->len;
+
 	ret = netfs_single_begin_cache_read(rreq, ictx);
 	if (ret == -ENOMEM || ret == -EINTR || ret == -ERESTARTSYS)
 		goto cleanup_free;
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index f837a501008c..a8702bd52d3a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ struct netfs_io_request {
 	unsigned long long	submitted;	/* Amount submitted for I/O so far */
 	unsigned long long	len;		/* Length of the request */
 	size_t			transferred;	/* Amount to be indicated as transferred */
+	size_t			progress_at;	/* Report read progress when hit this much read */
 	long			error;		/* 0 or error that occurred */
 	unsigned long long	i_size;		/* Size of the file */
 	unsigned long long	start;		/* Start position */
@@ -262,7 +263,6 @@ struct netfs_io_request {
 	atomic_t		subreq_counter;	/* Next subreq->debug_index */
 	unsigned int		nr_group_rel;	/* Number of refs to release on ->group */
 	spinlock_t		lock;		/* Lock for queuing subreqs */
-	unsigned char		front_folio_order; /* Order (size) of front folio */
 	enum netfs_io_origin	origin;		/* Origin of the request */
 	bool			direct_bv_unpin; /* T if direct_bv[] must be unpinned */
 	refcount_t		ref;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/netfs.h b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
index 082cb03c6131..8ec10c076875 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/netfs.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/netfs.h
@@ -786,6 +786,27 @@ TRACE_EVENT(netfs_folioq,
 		      __print_symbolic(__entry->trace, netfs_folioq_traces))
 	    );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(netfs_read_progress_at,
+	    TP_PROTO(const struct netfs_io_request *rreq),
+
+	    TP_ARGS(rreq),
+
+	    TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		    __field(unsigned int,	rreq)
+		    __field(size_t,		progress_at)
+		    __field(size_t,		cleaned_to)
+			     ),
+
+	    TP_fast_assign(
+		    __entry->rreq	= rreq->debug_id;
+		    __entry->cleaned_to	= rreq->cleaned_to - rreq->start;
+		    __entry->progress_at = rreq->progress_at;
+			   ),
+
+	    TP_printk("R=%08x cln=%zx prg=%zx",
+		      __entry->rreq, __entry->cleaned_to, __entry->progress_at)
+	    );
+
 #undef EM
 #undef E_
 #endif /* _TRACE_NETFS_H */

[PATCH 3/3] cachefiles: Fix potential UAF/KASAN warning

[David Howells]

Currently, trace_cachefiles_coherency() is being passed a pointer to a
__be64 lain over the coherency data in struct cachefiles_xattr so that it
can display the first 8 bytes.  However, the data is of variable length and
could even be 0 bytes.  This could lead to a UAF or KASAN warning.

Fix this by making sure the buffer has room for at least 8 bytes and that
those 8 bytes are pre-cleared.

Further, those bytes are not 8-byte aligned, so fix the tracepoint to
extract the data as four 2-byte words (they are 2-byte aligned) and
reassemble the __be64.  The compiler will convert this into a single 8-byte
load where the CPU supports it.

Fixes: 229105e5cfd9 ("cachefiles: Add auxiliary data trace")
Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260810144746.574036-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/cachefiles/xattr.c             | 16 ++++++++--------
 include/trace/events/cachefiles.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
index f8ae78b3f7b6..92990cfdcca7 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/xattr.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/xattr.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/unaligned.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
 #define CACHEFILES_COOKIE_TYPE_DATA 1
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 
 	_enter("%x,#%d", object->debug_id, len);
 
-	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + len, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + min(len, sizeof(__be64)), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 	buf->content		= object->content_info;
 	if (test_bit(FSCACHE_COOKIE_LOCAL_WRITE, &object->cookie->flags))
 		buf->content	= CACHEFILES_CONTENT_DIRTY;
+	put_unaligned_be64(0, (__be64 *)buf->data);
 	if (len > 0)
 		memcpy(buf->data, fscache_get_aux(object->cookie), len);
 
@@ -77,8 +79,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 		trace_cachefiles_vfs_error(object, file_inode(file), ret,
 					   cachefiles_trace_setxattr_error);
 		trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, file_inode(file)->i_ino,
-					   be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)buf->data),
-					   buf->content,
+					   buf->data, buf->content,
 					   cachefiles_coherency_set_fail);
 		if (ret != -ENOMEM)
 			cachefiles_io_error_obj(
@@ -86,8 +87,7 @@ int cachefiles_set_object_xattr(struct cachefiles_object *object)
 				"Failed to set xattr with error %d", ret);
 	} else {
 		trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, file_inode(file)->i_ino,
-					   be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)buf->data),
-					   buf->content,
+					   buf->data, buf->content,
 					   cachefiles_coherency_set_ok);
 	}
 
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object, struct file *file
 	int ret = -ESTALE;
 
 	tlen = sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + len;
-	buf = kmalloc(tlen, GFP_KERNEL);
+	buf = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cachefiles_xattr) + min(len, sizeof(__be64)), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	put_unaligned_be64(0, (__be64 *)buf->data);
 
 	xlen = cachefiles_inject_read_error();
 	if (xlen == 0)
@@ -148,8 +149,7 @@ int cachefiles_check_auxdata(struct cachefiles_object *object, struct file *file
 
 out:
 	trace_cachefiles_coherency(object, file_inode(file)->i_ino,
-				   be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)buf->data),
-				   buf->content, why);
+				   buf->data, buf->content, why);
 	kfree(buf);
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h b/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
index 9259bc71049e..927338f8fe85 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/cachefiles.h
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_rename,
 TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_coherency,
 	    TP_PROTO(struct cachefiles_object *obj,
 		     ino_t ino,
-		     u64 disk_aux,
+		     const void *disk_aux,
 		     enum cachefiles_content content,
 		     enum cachefiles_coherency_trace why),
 
@@ -389,12 +389,27 @@ TRACE_EVENT(cachefiles_coherency,
 			     ),
 
 	    TP_fast_assign(
+		    union {
+			    __be16 s[4];
+			    __be64 ll;
+		    } x;
+
 		    __entry->obj	= obj->debug_id;
 		    __entry->why	= why;
 		    __entry->content	= content;
 		    __entry->ino	= ino;
 		    __entry->aux	= be64_to_cpup((__be64 *)obj->cookie->inline_aux);
-		    __entry->disk_aux	= disk_aux;
+
+		    /* cachefiles_xattr::data is not 64-byte aligned. */
+		    if (disk_aux) {
+			    x.s[0] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[0];
+			    x.s[1] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[1];
+			    x.s[2] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[2];
+			    x.s[3] = ((__be16 *)disk_aux)[3];
+			    __entry->disk_aux = be64_to_cpu(x.ll);
+		    } else {
+			    __entry->disk_aux = 0;
+		    }
 			   ),
 
 	    TP_printk("o=%08x %s B=%llx c=%u aux=%llx dsk=%llx",