From b969f9614885c20f903e1d1f9445611daf161d6d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2025 02:52:13 -0400 Subject: fix proc_sys_compare() handling of in-lookup dentries There's one case where ->d_compare() can be called for an in-lookup dentry; usually that's nothing special from ->d_compare() point of view, but... proc_sys_compare() is weird. The thing is, /proc/sys subdirectories can look differently for different processes. Up to and including having the same name resolve to different dentries - all of them hashed. The way it's done is ->d_compare() refusing to admit a match unless this dentry is supposed to be visible to this caller. The information needed to discriminate between them is stored in inode; it is set during proc_sys_lookup() and until it's done d_splice_alias() we really can't tell who should that dentry be visible for. Normally there's no negative dentries in /proc/sys; we can run into a dying dentry in RCU dcache lookup, but those can be safely rejected. However, ->d_compare() is also called for in-lookup dentries, before they get positive - or hashed, for that matter. In case of match we will wait until dentry leaves in-lookup state and repeat ->d_compare() afterwards. In other words, the right behaviour is to treat the name match as sufficient for in-lookup dentries; if dentry is not for us, we'll see that when we recheck once proc_sys_lookup() is done with it. While we are at it, fix the misspelled READ_ONCE and WRITE_ONCE there. Fixes: d9171b934526 ("parallel lookups machinery, part 4 (and last)") Reported-by: NeilBrown Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner Reviewed-by: NeilBrown Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/proc/inode.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'fs/proc/inode.c') diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c index a3eb3b740f76..3604b616311c 100644 --- a/fs/proc/inode.c +++ b/fs/proc/inode.c @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static void proc_evict_inode(struct inode *inode) head = ei->sysctl; if (head) { - RCU_INIT_POINTER(ei->sysctl, NULL); + WRITE_ONCE(ei->sysctl, NULL); proc_sys_evict_inode(inode, head); } } -- cgit v1.2.3