From: Yang Erkun <yangerkun@huawei.com>
To: chuck.lever@oracle.com, misanjum@linux.ibm.com,
jlayton@kernel.org, neil@brown.name, okorniev@redhat.com,
Dai.Ngo@oracle.com, tom@talpey.com
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, yi.zhang@huawei.com,
chengzhihao1@huawei.com, lilingfeng3@huawei.com,
yangerkun@huawei.com, yangerkun@huaweicloud.com
Subject: [PATCH] Revert "NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks"
Date: Tue, 12 May 2026 10:33:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260512023322.2828939-1-yangerkun@huawei.com> (raw)
This reverts commit 48db892356d6cb80f6942885545de4a6dd8d2a29.
Commit 48db892356d6 ("NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put
callbacks") describes an issue where calling svc_export_put, path_put,
and auth_domain_put directly can cause use-after-free (UAF) errors when
accessing ex_path or ex_client->name. However, after discussion in [1],
it is clear that commit e7fcf179b82d ("NFSD: Hold net reference for the
lifetime of /proc/fs/nfs/exports fd") actually resolves this problem.
Additionally, commit 48db892356d6 ("NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in
export put callbacks") introduces a regression that was already fixed by
commit 69d803c40ede ("nfsd: Revert "nfsd: release svc_expkey/svc_export
with rcu_work""). Therefore, reverting commit 48db892356d6 ("NFSD: Defer
sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks") is necessary to fix this
regression.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/10019b42-4589-4f9f-8d5b-d8197db1ce3c@huawei.com/ [1]
Fixes: 48db892356d6 ("NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks")
Signed-off-by: Yang Erkun <yangerkun@huawei.com>
---
fs/nfsd/export.c | 63 +++++++-----------------------------------------
fs/nfsd/export.h | 7 ++----
fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c | 8 +-----
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 66 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 665153f1720e..0baa58d1dbfc 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -36,30 +36,19 @@
* second map contains a reference to the entry in the first map.
*/
-static struct workqueue_struct *nfsd_export_wq;
-
#define EXPKEY_HASHBITS 8
#define EXPKEY_HASHMAX (1 << EXPKEY_HASHBITS)
#define EXPKEY_HASHMASK (EXPKEY_HASHMAX -1)
-static void expkey_release(struct work_struct *work)
+static void expkey_put(struct kref *ref)
{
- struct svc_expkey *key = container_of(to_rcu_work(work),
- struct svc_expkey, ek_rwork);
+ struct svc_expkey *key = container_of(ref, struct svc_expkey, h.ref);
if (test_bit(CACHE_VALID, &key->h.flags) &&
!test_bit(CACHE_NEGATIVE, &key->h.flags))
path_put(&key->ek_path);
auth_domain_put(key->ek_client);
- kfree(key);
-}
-
-static void expkey_put(struct kref *ref)
-{
- struct svc_expkey *key = container_of(ref, struct svc_expkey, h.ref);
-
- INIT_RCU_WORK(&key->ek_rwork, expkey_release);
- queue_rcu_work(nfsd_export_wq, &key->ek_rwork);
+ kfree_rcu(key, ek_rcu);
}
static int expkey_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
@@ -364,13 +353,11 @@ static void export_stats_destroy(struct export_stats *stats)
EXP_STATS_COUNTERS_NUM);
}
-static void svc_export_release(struct work_struct *work)
+static void svc_export_release(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
{
- struct svc_export *exp = container_of(to_rcu_work(work),
- struct svc_export, ex_rwork);
+ struct svc_export *exp = container_of(rcu_head, struct svc_export,
+ ex_rcu);
- path_put(&exp->ex_path);
- auth_domain_put(exp->ex_client);
nfsd4_fslocs_free(&exp->ex_fslocs);
export_stats_destroy(exp->ex_stats);
kfree(exp->ex_stats);
@@ -382,8 +369,9 @@ static void svc_export_put(struct kref *ref)
{
struct svc_export *exp = container_of(ref, struct svc_export, h.ref);
- INIT_RCU_WORK(&exp->ex_rwork, svc_export_release);
- queue_rcu_work(nfsd_export_wq, &exp->ex_rwork);
+ path_put(&exp->ex_path);
+ auth_domain_put(exp->ex_client);
+ call_rcu(&exp->ex_rcu, svc_export_release);
}
static int svc_export_upcall(struct cache_detail *cd, struct cache_head *h)
@@ -1492,36 +1480,6 @@ const struct seq_operations nfs_exports_op = {
.show = e_show,
};
-/**
- * nfsd_export_wq_init - allocate the export release workqueue
- *
- * Called once at module load. The workqueue runs deferred svc_export and
- * svc_expkey release work scheduled by queue_rcu_work() in the cache put
- * callbacks.
- *
- * Return values:
- * %0: workqueue allocated
- * %-ENOMEM: allocation failed
- */
-int nfsd_export_wq_init(void)
-{
- nfsd_export_wq = alloc_workqueue("nfsd_export", WQ_UNBOUND, 0);
- if (!nfsd_export_wq)
- return -ENOMEM;
- return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * nfsd_export_wq_shutdown - drain and free the export release workqueue
- *
- * Called once at module unload. Per-namespace teardown in
- * nfsd_export_shutdown() has already drained all deferred work.
- */
-void nfsd_export_wq_shutdown(void)
-{
- destroy_workqueue(nfsd_export_wq);
-}
-
/*
* Initialize the exports module.
*/
@@ -1583,9 +1541,6 @@ nfsd_export_shutdown(struct net *net)
cache_unregister_net(nn->svc_expkey_cache, net);
cache_unregister_net(nn->svc_export_cache, net);
- /* Drain deferred export and expkey release work. */
- rcu_barrier();
- flush_workqueue(nfsd_export_wq);
cache_destroy_net(nn->svc_expkey_cache, net);
cache_destroy_net(nn->svc_export_cache, net);
svcauth_unix_purge(net);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.h b/fs/nfsd/export.h
index b05399374574..d2b09cd76145 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
#include <linux/sunrpc/cache.h>
#include <linux/percpu_counter.h>
-#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <uapi/linux/nfsd/export.h>
#include <linux/nfs4.h>
@@ -76,7 +75,7 @@ struct svc_export {
u32 ex_layout_types;
struct nfsd4_deviceid_map *ex_devid_map;
struct cache_detail *cd;
- struct rcu_work ex_rwork;
+ struct rcu_head ex_rcu;
unsigned long ex_xprtsec_modes;
struct export_stats *ex_stats;
};
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ struct svc_expkey {
u32 ek_fsid[6];
struct path ek_path;
- struct rcu_work ek_rwork;
+ struct rcu_head ek_rcu;
};
#define EX_ISSYNC(exp) (!((exp)->ex_flags & NFSEXP_ASYNC))
@@ -111,8 +110,6 @@ __be32 check_nfsd_access(struct svc_export *exp, struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
/*
* Function declarations
*/
-int nfsd_export_wq_init(void);
-void nfsd_export_wq_shutdown(void);
int nfsd_export_init(struct net *);
void nfsd_export_shutdown(struct net *);
void nfsd_export_flush(struct net *);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
index 39e7012a60d8..8a0199608479 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsctl.c
@@ -2310,12 +2310,9 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
if (retval)
goto out_free_pnfs;
nfsd_lockd_init(); /* lockd->nfsd callbacks */
- retval = nfsd_export_wq_init();
- if (retval)
- goto out_free_lockd;
retval = register_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
if (retval < 0)
- goto out_free_export_wq;
+ goto out_free_lockd;
retval = register_cld_notifier();
if (retval)
goto out_free_subsys;
@@ -2344,8 +2341,6 @@ static int __init init_nfsd(void)
unregister_cld_notifier();
out_free_subsys:
unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
-out_free_export_wq:
- nfsd_export_wq_shutdown();
out_free_lockd:
nfsd_lockd_shutdown();
nfsd_drc_slab_free();
@@ -2366,7 +2361,6 @@ static void __exit exit_nfsd(void)
nfsd4_destroy_laundry_wq();
unregister_cld_notifier();
unregister_pernet_subsys(&nfsd_net_ops);
- nfsd_export_wq_shutdown();
nfsd_drc_slab_free();
nfsd_lockd_shutdown();
nfsd4_free_slabs();
--
2.52.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-05-12 2:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-12 2:33 Yang Erkun [this message]
2026-05-12 11:25 ` [PATCH] Revert "NFSD: Defer sub-object cleanup in export put callbacks" Jeff Layton
2026-05-12 12:19 ` yangerkun
2026-05-12 12:30 ` Jeff Layton
2026-05-12 12:36 ` yangerkun
2026-05-12 13:48 ` Chuck Lever
2026-05-13 1:27 ` yangerkun
2026-05-13 1:36 ` Chuck Lever
2026-05-13 1:55 ` yangerkun
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20260512023322.2828939-1-yangerkun@huawei.com \
--to=yangerkun@huawei.com \
--cc=Dai.Ngo@oracle.com \
--cc=chengzhihao1@huawei.com \
--cc=chuck.lever@oracle.com \
--cc=jlayton@kernel.org \
--cc=lilingfeng3@huawei.com \
--cc=linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=misanjum@linux.ibm.com \
--cc=neil@brown.name \
--cc=okorniev@redhat.com \
--cc=tom@talpey.com \
--cc=yangerkun@huaweicloud.com \
--cc=yi.zhang@huawei.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox