[PATCH v2] fuse: In fuse_flush only wait if someone wants the return code

Tycho Andersen
2022-09-29T16:40:25Z

If a fuse filesystem is mounted inside a container, there is a problem
during pid namespace destruction. The scenario is:

1. task (a thread in the fuse server, with a fuse file open) starts
exiting, does exit_signals(), goes into fuse_flush() -> wait
2. fuse daemon gets killed, tries to wake everyone up
3. task from 1 is stuck because complete_signal() doesn't wake it up, since
it has PF_EXITING.

The result is that the thread will never be woken up, and pid namespace
destruction will block indefinitely.

To add insult to injury, nobody is waiting for these return codes, since
the pid namespace is being destroyed.

To fix this, let's not block on flush operations when the current task has
PF_EXITING.

This does change the semantics slightly: the wait here is for posix locks
to be unlocked, so the task will exit before things are unlocked. To quote
Miklos: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAJfpegsTmiO-sKaBLgoVT4WxDXBkRES=HF1YmQN1ES7gfJEJ+w@mail.gmail.com/

> "remote" posix locks are almost never used due to problems like this,
> so I think it's safe to do this.

Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen <tycho@tycho.pizza>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YrShFXRLtRt6T%2Fj+@risky/
---
v2: drop the fuse_flush_async() function and just re-use the already
prepared args; add a description of the problem+note about posix locks
---
fs/fuse/file.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 50 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 05caa2b9272e..20bbe3e1afc7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -464,6 +464,34 @@ static void fuse_sync_writes(struct inode *inode)
fuse_release_nowrite(inode);
}

+struct fuse_flush_args {
+ struct fuse_args args;
+ struct fuse_flush_in inarg;
+ struct inode *inode;
+ struct fuse_file *ff;
+};
+
+static void fuse_flush_end(struct fuse_mount *fm, struct fuse_args *args, int err)
+{
+ struct fuse_flush_args *fa = container_of(args, typeof(*fa), args);
+
+ if (err == -ENOSYS) {
+ fm->fc->no_flush = 1;
+ err = 0;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * In memory i_blocks is not maintained by fuse, if writeback cache is
+ * enabled, i_blocks from cached attr may not be accurate.
+ */
+ if (!err && fm->fc->writeback_cache)
+ fuse_invalidate_attr_mask(fa->inode, STATX_BLOCKS);
+
+
+ fuse_file_put(fa->ff, false, false);
+ kfree(fa);
+}
+
static int fuse_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
{
struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
@@ -505,6 +533,28 @@ static int fuse_flush(struct file *file, fl_owner_t id)
args.in_args[0].value = &inarg;
args.force = true;

+ if (current->flags & PF_EXITING) {
+ struct fuse_flush_args *fa;
+
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ fa = kzalloc(sizeof(*fa), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!fa)
+ goto inval_attr_out;
+
+ memcpy(&fa->args, &args, sizeof(args));
+ memcpy(&fa->inarg, &inarg, sizeof(inarg));
+ fa->args.nocreds = true;
+ fa->args.end = fuse_flush_end;
+ fa->ff = fuse_file_get(ff);
+ fa->inode = inode;
+
+ err = fuse_simple_background(fm, &fa->args, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (err)
+ fuse_flush_end(fm, &fa->args, err);
+
+ return err;
+ }
+
err = fuse_simple_request(fm, &args);
if (err == -ENOSYS) {
fm->fc->no_flush = 1;

base-commit: 3d7cb6b04c3f3115719235cc6866b10326de34cd
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2.34.1