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From: "Chen, Rong A" <rong.a.chen@intel.com>
To: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: kbuild@lists.01.org, kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
	kbuild-all@lists.01.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Bobrowski <repnop@google.com>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Subject: Re: [kbuild-all] Re: [amir73il:fsnotify-fixes 2/2] fs/notify/fsnotify.c:540 fsnotify() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'dir1' (see line 499)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2022 17:32:09 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b88f78e4-8f79-ae93-151d-368f5070b666@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAOQ4uxiuF7qfUjmSHu1RgwcEhDvbU9nA6nFpMXCmrZ9qE4c4rw@mail.gmail.com>



On 5/9/2022 7:48 PM, Amir Goldstein wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 1:09 PM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> wrote:
>>
>> tree:   https://github.com/amir73il/linux fsnotify-fixes
>> head:   d25f3ce8da49ce1a3b0a0621f0bf7b1d6ba2dad6
>> commit: d25f3ce8da49ce1a3b0a0621f0bf7b1d6ba2dad6 [2/2] fsnotify: send FS_RENAME to groups watching the moved inode
>> config: s390-randconfig-m031-20220508 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20220508/202205080346.m0fb3UXK-lkp@intel.com/config)
>> compiler: s390-linux-gcc (GCC) 11.3.0
>>
>> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
>>
>> smatch warnings:
>> fs/notify/fsnotify.c:540 fsnotify() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'dir1' (see line 499)
>>
>> vim +/dir1 +540 fs/notify/fsnotify.c
>>
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  475  int fsnotify(__u32 mask, const void *data, int data_type, struct inode *dir,
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  476               const struct qstr *file_name, struct inode *inode, u32 cookie)
>> 90586523eb4b34 Eric Paris              2009-05-21  477  {
>> b54cecf5e2293d Amir Goldstein          2020-06-07  478          const struct path *path = fsnotify_data_path(data, data_type);
>> 29335033c574a1 Gabriel Krisman Bertazi 2021-10-25  479          struct super_block *sb = fsnotify_data_sb(data, data_type);
>> 3427ce71554123 Miklos Szeredi          2017-10-30  480          struct fsnotify_iter_info iter_info = {};
>> 60f7ed8c7c4d06 Amir Goldstein          2018-09-01  481          struct mount *mnt = NULL;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  482          struct inode *dir1, *dir2;
>> e54183fa7047c1 Amir Goldstein          2021-11-29  483          struct dentry *moved;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  484          int dir1_type = 0;
>> 9385a84d7e1f65 Jan Kara                2016-11-10  485          int ret = 0;
>> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman              2020-07-08  486          __u32 test_mask, marks_mask;
>> 90586523eb4b34 Eric Paris              2009-05-21  487
>> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman              2020-07-08  488          if (path)
>> aa93bdc5500cc9 Amir Goldstein          2020-03-19  489                  mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
>> 3a9fb89f4cd04c Eric Paris              2009-12-17  490
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  491          if (!inode) {
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  492                  /* Dirent event - report on TYPE_INODE to dir */
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  493                  inode = dir;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  494          } else if (mask & FS_RENAME) {
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  495                  /* For FS_RENAME, dir1 is old_dir and dir2 is new_dir */
>> e54183fa7047c1 Amir Goldstein          2021-11-29  496                  moved = fsnotify_data_dentry(data, data_type);
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  497                  dir1 = moved->d_parent->d_inode;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  498                  dir2 = dir;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07 @499                  if (dir1->i_fsnotify_marks || dir2->i_fsnotify_marks)
>>                                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Dereference
>>
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  500                          dir1_type = FSNOTIFY_ITER_TYPE_OLD_DIR;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  501                  /*
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  502                   * Send FS_RENAME to groups watching the moved inode itself
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  503                   * only if the moved inode is a non-dir.
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  504                   * Sending FS_RENAME to a moved watched directory would be
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  505                   * confusing and FS_MOVE_SELF provided enough information to
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  506                   * track the movements of a watched directory.
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  507                   */
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  508                  if (mask & FS_ISDIR)
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  509                          inode = NULL;
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  510          } else if (mask & FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD) {
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  511                  /*
>> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein          2020-12-02  512                   * Event on child - report on TYPE_PARENT to dir if it is
>> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein          2020-12-02  513                   * watching children and on TYPE_INODE to child.
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  514                   */
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  515                  dir1 = dir;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  516                  dir2 = NULL;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  517                  if (dir1->i_fsnotify_marks)
>>                                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Dereference
>>
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  518                          dir1_type = FSNOTIFY_ITER_TYPE_PARENT;
>> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein          2020-07-22  519          }
>> 497b0c5a7c0688 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  520
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  521          /*
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  522           * Optimization: srcu_read_lock() has a memory barrier which can
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  523           * be expensive.  It protects walking the *_fsnotify_marks lists.
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  524           * However, if we do not walk the lists, we do not have to do
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  525           * SRCU because we have no references to any objects and do not
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  526           * need SRCU to keep them "alive".
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  527           */
>> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  528          if (!sb->s_fsnotify_marks &&
>> 497b0c5a7c0688 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  529              (!mnt || !mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks) &&
>> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  530              (!inode || !inode->i_fsnotify_marks) &&
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  531              !dir1_type)
>> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen             2015-09-04  532                  return 0;
>> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman              2020-07-08  533
>> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  534          marks_mask = sb->s_fsnotify_mask;
>> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman              2020-07-08  535          if (mnt)
>> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman              2020-07-08  536                  marks_mask |= mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask;
>> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  537          if (inode)
>> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein          2020-07-16  538                  marks_mask |= inode->i_fsnotify_mask;
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07  539          if (dir1_type) {
>> d25f3ce8da49ce Amir Goldstein          2022-05-07 @540                  if (dir1)
>>
>> If "dir1_type" is set then we have already dereferenced "dir1".  I guess
>> this unnecessary NULL check is something that probably wouldn't bother
>> a human reader too much...
> 
> True !!dir1_type means !!dir1.
> We could get rid of if (dir1)
> but I should note that I did not post this patch for review, this is an untested
> patch that I pushed to a branch on my private github.
> It is very generous of kbuild testbot to test any branch I push to my
> private github,
> but as much as I can recall, I never asked for it...

Hi Amir,

Sorry for the trouble, we'll only send the report to you privately.

Best Regards,
Rong Chen

> 
> Thanks,
> Amir.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-09 10:08 [amir73il:fsnotify-fixes 2/2] fs/notify/fsnotify.c:540 fsnotify() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'dir1' (see line 499) Dan Carpenter
2022-05-09 11:48 ` Amir Goldstein
2022-05-12  9:32   ` Chen, Rong A [this message]

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