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authorEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2017-07-06 16:41:06 +0300
committerEric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>2017-07-11 19:01:24 +0300
commit2fd1d2c4ceb2248a727696962cf3370dc9f5a0a4 (patch)
treecf935908e110095dac4f4fe6634c6256ca4acf17 /include/linux/sysctl.h
parent296990deb389c7da21c78030376ba244dc1badf5 (diff)
downloadlinux-2fd1d2c4ceb2248a727696962cf3370dc9f5a0a4.tar.xz
proc: Fix proc_sys_prune_dcache to hold a sb reference
Andrei Vagin writes: FYI: This bug has been reproduced on 4.11.7 > BUG: Dentry ffff895a3dd01240{i=4e7c09a,n=lo} still in use (1) [unmount of proc proc] > ------------[ cut here ]------------ > WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 13588 at fs/dcache.c:1445 umount_check+0x6e/0x80 > CPU: 1 PID: 13588 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 4.11.7-200.fc25.x86_64 #1 > Hardware name: CompuLab sbc-flt1/fitlet, BIOS SBCFLT_0.08.04 06/27/2015 > Workqueue: events proc_cleanup_work > Call Trace: > dump_stack+0x63/0x86 > __warn+0xcb/0xf0 > warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20 > umount_check+0x6e/0x80 > d_walk+0xc6/0x270 > ? dentry_free+0x80/0x80 > do_one_tree+0x26/0x40 > shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2d/0x90 > generic_shutdown_super+0x1f/0xf0 > kill_anon_super+0x12/0x20 > proc_kill_sb+0x40/0x50 > deactivate_locked_super+0x43/0x70 > deactivate_super+0x5a/0x60 > cleanup_mnt+0x3f/0x90 > mntput_no_expire+0x13b/0x190 > kern_unmount+0x3e/0x50 > pid_ns_release_proc+0x15/0x20 > proc_cleanup_work+0x15/0x20 > process_one_work+0x197/0x450 > worker_thread+0x4e/0x4a0 > kthread+0x109/0x140 > ? process_one_work+0x450/0x450 > ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90 > ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x40 > ---[ end trace e1c109611e5d0b41 ]--- > VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of proc. Self-destruct in 5 seconds. Have a nice day... > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at (null) > IP: _raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x30 > PGD 0 Fix this by taking a reference to the super block in proc_sys_prune_dcache. The superblock reference is the core of the fix however the sysctl_inodes list is converted to a hlist so that hlist_del_init_rcu may be used. This allows proc_sys_prune_dache to remove inodes the sysctl_inodes list, while not causing problems for proc_sys_evict_inode when if it later choses to remove the inode from the sysctl_inodes list. Removing inodes from the sysctl_inodes list allows proc_sys_prune_dcache to have a progress guarantee, while still being able to drop all locks. The fact that head->unregistering is set in start_unregistering ensures that no more inodes will be added to the the sysctl_inodes list. Previously the code did a dance where it delayed calling iput until the next entry in the list was being considered to ensure the inode remained on the sysctl_inodes list until the next entry was walked to. The structure of the loop in this patch does not need that so is much easier to understand and maintain. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com> Tested-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@openvz.org> Fixes: ace0c791e6c3 ("proc/sysctl: Don't grab i_lock under sysctl_lock.") Fixes: d6cffbbe9a7e ("proc/sysctl: prune stale dentries during unregistering") Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/sysctl.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/sysctl.h2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 80d07816def0..1c04a26bfd2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ struct ctl_table_header
struct ctl_table_set *set;
struct ctl_dir *parent;
struct ctl_node *node;
- struct list_head inodes; /* head for proc_inode->sysctl_inodes */
+ struct hlist_head inodes; /* head for proc_inode->sysctl_inodes */
};
struct ctl_dir {