[PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure

[PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure

[Chuck Lever]

From: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>

commit 30d55c8aabb261bc3f427d6b9aae7ef6206063f9 upstream.

nfs4_alloc_stid() publishes the new stid into cl->cl_stateids via
idr_alloc_cyclic() under cl_lock before returning to
nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid(). When nfsd4_layout_setlease() then
fails, the error path frees the layout stateid directly with
kmem_cache_free() without ever calling idr_remove(), leaving the
IDR slot pointing at freed slab memory. Any subsequent IDR walker
(states_show, client teardown) dereferences the dangling pointer.

The correct teardown for an IDR-published stid is nfs4_put_stid(),
which removes the IDR slot under cl_lock, dispatches sc_free
(nfsd4_free_layout_stateid) to release ls->ls_file via
nfsd4_close_layout(), and drops the nfs4_file reference in its
tail.

A second issue blocks that switch: nfsd4_free_layout_stateid()
unconditionally inspects ls->ls_fence_work via
delayed_work_pending() under ls_lock, but
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&ls->ls_fence_work, ...) currently runs only
after the setlease call. On the setlease-failure path the
destructor would touch an uninitialized delayed_work.

    nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid()
      nfs4_alloc_stid()           /* idr_alloc_cyclic under cl_lock */
      nfsd4_layout_setlease()     /* fails */
        nfs4_put_stid()
          nfsd4_free_layout_stateid()
            delayed_work_pending(&ls->ls_fence_work)  /* needs INIT */
            nfsd4_close_layout()  /* nfsd_file_put(ls->ls_file) */
          put_nfs4_file()

Fix by hoisting the ls_fenced / ls_fence_delay / INIT_DELAYED_WORK
initialization above the nfsd4_layout_setlease() call, and replace
the manual nfsd_file_put + put_nfs4_file + kmem_cache_free cleanup
with a single nfs4_put_stid(stp).

Fixes: c5c707f96fc9 ("nfsd: implement pNFS layout recalls")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: kres (claude-opus-4-7)
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
[ cel: no ls_fence_work in 6.1.y; dropped INIT_DELAYED_WORK hunk ]
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
 fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
index 308214378fd3..84bb200e24ad 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4layouts.c
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ nfsd4_alloc_layout_stateid(struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	BUG_ON(!ls->ls_file);
 
 	if (nfsd4_layout_setlease(ls)) {
-		nfsd_file_put(ls->ls_file);
-		put_nfs4_file(fp);
-		kmem_cache_free(nfs4_layout_stateid_cache, ls);
+		nfs4_put_stid(stp);
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-- 
2.54.0

[PATCH 6.1.y 2/2] nfsd: reset write verifier on deferred writeback errors

[Chuck Lever]

From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>

commit 2090b05803faab8a9fa62fbff871007862cac1b7 upstream.

nfsd_vfs_write() and nfsd_commit() both call filemap_check_wb_err() to
detect deferred writeback errors, but neither rotates the server's write
verifier (nn->writeverf) when this check fails. Every other
durable-storage-failure path in these functions calls
commit_reset_write_verifier() before returning an error.

The missing rotation means clients holding UNSTABLE write data under the
current verifier will COMMIT, receive the unchanged verifier back, and
conclude their data is durable — silently dropping data that failed
writeback. This violates the UNSTABLE+COMMIT durability contract
(RFC 1813 §3.3.7, RFC 8881 §18.32).

Add commit_reset_write_verifier() calls at both filemap_check_wb_err()
error sites, matching the pattern used by adjacent error paths in the
same functions. The helper already filters -EAGAIN and -ESTALE
internally, so the calls are unconditionally safe.

Reported-by: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
Fixes: 555dbf1a9aac ("nfsd: Replace use of rwsem with errseq_t")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: kres:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
[ cel: open-code the reset; commit_reset_write_verifier() is v6.7 ]
Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>
---
 fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 87a596fc6654..c40b2a706691 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1134,8 +1134,11 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf,
 	nfsd_stats_io_write_add(nn, exp, *cnt);
 	fsnotify_modify(file);
 	host_err = filemap_check_wb_err(file->f_mapping, since);
-	if (host_err < 0)
+	if (host_err < 0) {
+		nfsd_reset_write_verifier(nn);
+		trace_nfsd_writeverf_reset(nn, rqstp, host_err);
 		goto out_nfserr;
+	}
 
 	if (stable && use_wgather) {
 		host_err = wait_for_concurrent_writes(file);
@@ -1271,6 +1274,10 @@ nfsd_commit(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf,
 			nfsd_copy_write_verifier(verf, nn);
 			err2 = filemap_check_wb_err(nf->nf_file->f_mapping,
 						    since);
+			if (err2 < 0) {
+				nfsd_reset_write_verifier(nn);
+				trace_nfsd_writeverf_reset(nn, rqstp, err2);
+			}
 			err = nfserrno(err2);
 			break;
 		case -EINVAL:
-- 
2.54.0

Re: [PATCH 6.1.y 1/2] nfsd: release layout stid on setlease failure

[Sasha Levin]

On Thu, Jul 02, 2026 at 11:32:42PM -0400, Chuck Lever wrote:
> From: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
>
> commit 30d55c8aabb261bc3f427d6b9aae7ef6206063f9 upstream.

Queued the series for 6.1.y, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha