linux/fs
David Howells cc53ce53c8 Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit
Add a dentry op (d_manage) to permit a filesystem to hold a process and make it
sleep when it tries to transit away from one of that filesystem's directories
during a pathwalk.  The operation is keyed off a new dentry flag
(DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT).

The filesystem is allowed to be selective about which processes it holds and
which it permits to continue on or prohibits from transiting from each flagged
directory.  This will allow autofs to hold up client processes whilst letting
its userspace daemon through to maintain the directory or the stuff behind it
or mounted upon it.

The ->d_manage() dentry operation:

	int (*d_manage)(struct path *path, bool mounting_here);

takes a pointer to the directory about to be transited away from and a flag
indicating whether the transit is undertaken by do_add_mount() or
do_move_mount() skipping through a pile of filesystems mounted on a mountpoint.

It should return 0 if successful and to let the process continue on its way;
-EISDIR to prohibit the caller from skipping to overmounted filesystems or
automounting, and to use this directory; or some other error code to return to
the user.

->d_manage() is called with namespace_sem writelocked if mounting_here is true
and no other locks held, so it may sleep.  However, if mounting_here is true,
it may not initiate or wait for a mount or unmount upon the parameter
directory, even if the act is actually performed by userspace.

Within fs/namei.c, follow_managed() is extended to check with d_manage() first
on each managed directory, before transiting away from it or attempting to
automount upon it.

follow_down() is renamed follow_down_one() and should only be used where the
filesystem deliberately intends to avoid management steps (e.g. autofs).

A new follow_down() is added that incorporates the loop done by all other
callers of follow_down() (do_add/move_mount(), autofs and NFSD; whilst AFS, NFS
and CIFS do use it, their use is removed by converting them to use
d_automount()).  The new follow_down() calls d_manage() as appropriate.  It
also takes an extra parameter to indicate if it is being called from mount code
(with namespace_sem writelocked) which it passes to d_manage().  follow_down()
ignores automount points so that it can be used to mount on them.

__follow_mount_rcu() is made to abort rcu-walk mode if it hits a directory with
DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT set on the basis that we're probably going to have to
sleep.  It would be possible to enter d_manage() in rcu-walk mode too, and have
that determine whether to abort or not itself.  That would allow the autofs
daemon to continue on in rcu-walk mode.

Note that DCACHE_MANAGE_TRANSIT on a directory should be cleared when it isn't
required as every tranist from that directory will cause d_manage() to be
invoked.  It can always be set again when necessary.

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WHAT THIS MEANS FOR AUTOFS
==========================

Autofs currently uses the lookup() inode op and the d_revalidate() dentry op to
trigger the automounting of indirect mounts, and both of these can be called
with i_mutex held.

autofs knows that the i_mutex will be held by the caller in lookup(), and so
can drop it before invoking the daemon - but this isn't so for d_revalidate(),
since the lock is only held on _some_ of the code paths that call it.  This
means that autofs can't risk dropping i_mutex from its d_revalidate() function
before it calls the daemon.

The bug could manifest itself as, for example, a process that's trying to
validate an automount dentry that gets made to wait because that dentry is
expired and needs cleaning up:

	mkdir         S ffffffff8014e05a     0 32580  24956
	Call Trace:
	 [<ffffffff885371fd>] :autofs4:autofs4_wait+0x674/0x897
	 [<ffffffff80127f7d>] avc_has_perm+0x46/0x58
	 [<ffffffff8009fdcf>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e
	 [<ffffffff88537be6>] :autofs4:autofs4_expire_wait+0x41/0x6b
	 [<ffffffff88535cfc>] :autofs4:autofs4_revalidate+0x91/0x149
	 [<ffffffff80036d96>] __lookup_hash+0xa0/0x12f
	 [<ffffffff80057a2f>] lookup_create+0x46/0x80
	 [<ffffffff800e6e31>] sys_mkdirat+0x56/0xe4

versus the automount daemon which wants to remove that dentry, but can't
because the normal process is holding the i_mutex lock:

	automount     D ffffffff8014e05a     0 32581      1              32561
	Call Trace:
	 [<ffffffff80063c3f>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x60/0x9b
	 [<ffffffff8000ccf1>] do_path_lookup+0x2ca/0x2f1
	 [<ffffffff80063c89>] .text.lock.mutex+0xf/0x14
	 [<ffffffff800e6d55>] do_rmdir+0x77/0xde
	 [<ffffffff8005d229>] tracesys+0x71/0xe0
	 [<ffffffff8005d28d>] tracesys+0xd5/0xe0

which means that the system is deadlocked.

This patch allows autofs to hold up normal processes whilst the daemon goes
ahead and does things to the dentry tree behind the automouter point without
risking a deadlock as almost no locks are held in d_manage() and none in
d_automount().

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Was-Acked-by: Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
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9p switch 9p 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
adfs switch adfs 2011-01-12 20:02:45 -05:00
affs switch affs 2011-01-12 20:03:42 -05:00
afs Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
autofs4 Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
befs befs: don't pass huge structs by value 2011-01-13 08:03:15 -08:00
bfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
cachefiles
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2011-01-13 10:25:24 -08:00
cifs Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
coda Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-01-13 10:27:28 -08:00
configfs switch configfs 2011-01-12 20:03:12 -05:00
cramfs cramfs: generate unique inode number for better inode cache usage 2011-01-13 08:03:23 -08:00
debugfs convert get_sb_single() users 2010-10-29 04:16:28 -04:00
devpts convert get_sb_single() users 2010-10-29 04:16:28 -04:00
dlm dlm: sanitize work_start() in lowcomms.c 2010-12-13 13:42:24 -06:00
ecryptfs ecryptfs: fix broken build 2011-01-13 17:19:38 -08:00
efs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
exofs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
exportfs fs: dcache per-inode inode alias locking 2011-01-07 17:50:31 +11:00
ext2 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2011-01-11 14:37:31 -08:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
ext4 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
fat switch fat to ->s_d_op, close exportfs races there 2011-01-12 20:02:43 -05:00
freevxfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
fscache FS-Cache: Fix operation handling 2011-01-14 09:23:36 -08:00
fuse switch fuse 2011-01-12 20:02:44 -05:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
hfs switch hfs 2011-01-12 20:02:45 -05:00
hfsplus switch hfsplus 2011-01-12 20:02:45 -05:00
hostfs switch hostfs 2011-01-12 20:03:42 -05:00
hpfs switch hpfs 2011-01-12 20:02:47 -05:00
hppfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
hugetlbfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
isofs fix isofs d_op handling 2011-01-12 20:02:43 -05:00
jbd fix comment typos concerning "consistent" 2010-12-10 16:04:28 +01:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-01-13 10:05:56 -08:00
jffs2 fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
lockd lockd: double unlock in next_host_state() 2011-01-04 13:10:37 -05:00
logfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
minix minixfs: kill dead code 2011-01-12 20:02:44 -05:00
ncpfs move internal-only parts of ncpfs headers to fs/ncpfs 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
nfs Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
nfs_common
nfsd Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
nls
notify Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-01-13 10:05:56 -08:00
ntfs NTFS: writev() fix and maintenance/contact details update 2011-01-12 08:35:53 -08:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
omfs new helper: mount_bdev() 2010-10-29 04:16:13 -04:00
openpromfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
partitions Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/event-handling' into for-2.6.38/core 2011-01-13 14:47:54 +01:00
proc thp: remove PG_buddy 2011-01-13 17:32:43 -08:00
qnx4 fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
quota quota: Use %pV and __attribute__((format (printf in __quota_error and fix fallout 2011-01-10 19:04:05 +01:00
ramfs convert get_sb_nodev() users 2010-10-29 04:16:31 -04:00
reiserfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
romfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
squashfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
sysfs Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2011-01-10 16:10:33 -08:00
sysv switch sysv 2011-01-12 20:02:44 -05:00
ubifs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
udf Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6 2011-01-11 14:45:52 -08:00
ufs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
xfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
aio.c aio: remove unused aio_run_iocbs() 2011-01-13 08:03:22 -08:00
anon_inodes.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-01-13 10:27:28 -08:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf.c binfmt_elf: cleanups 2011-01-13 08:03:12 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c convert get_sb_single() users 2010-10-29 04:16:28 -04:00
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
bio-integrity.c bio-integrity: mark kintegrityd_wq highpri and CPU intensive 2011-01-03 15:01:48 +01:00
bio.c bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data 2010-11-10 14:40:43 +01:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
buffer.c fs: Use this_cpu_inc_return in buffer.c 2010-12-17 15:18:05 +01:00
char_dev.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
compat.c exec: copy-and-paste the fixes into compat_do_execve() paths 2010-11-30 17:56:38 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c Merge branch 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6 2011-01-07 14:39:20 -08:00
dcache.c Add a dentry op to handle automounting rather than abusing follow_link() 2011-01-15 20:05:03 -05:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c fs/direct-io.c: fix truncation error in dio_complete() return 2010-10-26 16:52:13 -07:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c epoll: convert max_user_watches to long 2011-01-13 08:03:12 -08:00
exec.c install_special_mapping skips security_file_mmap check. 2010-12-15 12:30:36 -08:00
fcntl.c fasync: Fix placement of FASYNC flag comment 2010-10-27 18:17:02 -07:00
fifo.c
file.c
file_table.c fs: allow for more than 2^31 files 2010-10-26 16:52:15 -07:00
filesystems.c fs: rcu-walk for path lookup 2011-01-07 17:50:27 +11:00
fs-writeback.c fs/fs-writeback.c: fix sync_inodes_sb() return value kernel-doc 2011-01-13 17:32:48 -08:00
fs_struct.c fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
generic_acl.c fs: provide simple rcu-walk generic_check_acl implementation 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
inode.c fs: avoid inode RCU freeing for pseudo fs 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
internal.h fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
ioctl.c Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2010-11-19 19:46:45 -08:00
ioprio.c ioprio: grab rcu_read_lock in sys_ioprio_{set,get}() 2010-11-15 10:23:31 +01:00
Kconfig Merge 'staging-next' to Linus's tree 2010-10-28 09:44:56 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt coredump: default CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS=y 2010-10-27 18:03:12 -07:00
libfs.c pass default dentry_operations to mount_pseudo() 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
locks.c fs: dcache scale dentry refcount 2011-01-07 17:50:21 +11:00
Makefile Merge 'staging-next' to Linus's tree 2010-10-28 09:44:56 -07:00
mbcache.c ext2: Resolve 'dereferencing pointer to incomplete type' when enabling EXT2_XATTR_DEBUG 2011-01-10 19:04:08 +01:00
mpage.c fs/mpage.c: consolidate code 2011-01-13 17:32:32 -08:00
namei.c Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
namespace.c Add a dentry op to allow processes to be held during pathwalk transit 2011-01-15 20:07:31 -05:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c
open.c fs: add hole punching to fallocate 2011-01-12 20:16:43 -05:00
pipe.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-01-13 10:27:28 -08:00
pnode.c fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
pnode.h
posix_acl.c
read_write.c fix signedness mess in rw_verify_area() on 64bit architectures 2011-01-12 20:06:58 -05:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c fs/select.c: fix information leak to userspace 2011-01-13 08:03:12 -08:00
seq_file.c fs: take dcache_lock inside __d_path 2010-10-25 21:26:12 -04:00
signalfd.c Merge branch 'hwpoison' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ak/linux-mce-2.6 2010-10-26 10:13:10 -07:00
splice.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
stack.c
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
sync.c
timerfd.c
utimes.c
xattr.c
xattr_acl.c