From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B74FC433E1 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:11:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3705F20656 for ; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:11:02 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1598029862; bh=ps+HJouMxS0MKhtsq4HA6ltIRrGt1y5G3/30b95tvho=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=PbLyZX8yaTe/Yc3o9YTxnYeHLFD9NYi1t1QLoZFFoohKL6TlJ9ymg6nK1uEAyFA2g E4sQT9cjlqHsWcYKNi/xqRgILFtuvyo+l/HY01i83U6gEbAqr0puu/Mnkdq3jG/lqX jaqwW2V9bm35jXd1o7LCzZfa56dAFEqmQQcCSsSs= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728967AbgHURKr (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:10:47 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:50640 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726884AbgHUQRX (ORCPT ); Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:17:23 -0400 Received: from sasha-vm.mshome.net (c-73-47-72-35.hsd1.nh.comcast.net [73.47.72.35]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B611F22BED; Fri, 21 Aug 2020 16:17:18 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1598026639; bh=ps+HJouMxS0MKhtsq4HA6ltIRrGt1y5G3/30b95tvho=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=haSSifytKtM35Pnc/TmoZQsKhRKRvTUfu8wO1XZnqlgTqVfoIW1sBIhlHBmHU9oOv YO6LCXirOOFNFX3/6377Q4F4s6XgFBCQTewzbO2ZfQuQa74pUR1EzAbFakHiaAt8eQ pBq4iLWdu9q1SYpAvGE+TVnMqD8qpiCIvBEBNDLM= From: Sasha Levin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Luis Chamberlain , Christoph Hellwig , Bart Van Assche , Jens Axboe , Sasha Levin , linux-block@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.4 12/48] blktrace: ensure our debugfs dir exists Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2020 12:16:28 -0400 Message-Id: <20200821161704.348164-12-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.25.1 In-Reply-To: <20200821161704.348164-1-sashal@kernel.org> References: <20200821161704.348164-1-sashal@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-stable: review X-Patchwork-Hint: Ignore Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Luis Chamberlain [ Upstream commit b431ef837e3374da0db8ff6683170359aaa0859c ] We make an assumption that a debugfs directory exists, but since this can fail ensure it exists before allowing blktrace setup to complete. Otherwise we end up stuffing blktrace files on the debugfs root directory. In the worst case scenario this *in theory* can create an eventual panic *iff* in the future a similarly named file is created prior on the debugfs root directory. This theoretical crash can happen due to a recursive removal followed by a specific dentry removal. This doesn't fix any known crash, however I have seen the files go into the main debugfs root directory in cases where the debugfs directory was not created due to other internal bugs with blktrace now fixed. blktrace is also completely useless without this directory, so this ensures to userspace we only setup blktrace if the kernel can stuff files where they are supposed to go into. debugfs directory creations typically aren't checked for, and we have maintainers doing sweep removals of these checks, but since we need this check to ensure proper userspace blktrace functionality we make sure to annotate the justification for the check. Signed-off-by: Luis Chamberlain Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- kernel/trace/blktrace.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c index a4c8f9d9522e4..884333b9fc767 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c @@ -535,6 +535,18 @@ static int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev, #endif bt->dir = dir = debugfs_create_dir(buts->name, blk_debugfs_root); + /* + * As blktrace relies on debugfs for its interface the debugfs directory + * is required, contrary to the usual mantra of not checking for debugfs + * files or directories. + */ + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(dir)) { + pr_warn("debugfs_dir not present for %s so skipping\n", + buts->name); + ret = -ENOENT; + goto err; + } + bt->dev = dev; atomic_set(&bt->dropped, 0); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bt->running_list); -- 2.25.1