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SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] proc: simplify proc_task_readdir/first_tid paths
On 05/31, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>
> Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > OK. But this means that even 1/3 is not 100% right, exactly because
> > leader can be unhashed right before first_tid() takes rcu lock. Easy
> > to fix, we should simply factor out the "nr != 0" check.
> >
> > And this also means that 3/3 is not right by the same reason. I'll
> > make a simpler patch which only avoids the unnecessary get/put in
> > proc_task_readdir().
> >
> > Unless we can tolerate this very unlikely rase when the leader goes
> > away after initial ENOENT check at the start, of course... Or unless
> > we add canceldir() which resets getdents_callback->previous so that
> > we could return ENOENT after filldir() was already called ;)
>
> A small race is fine and is fundamental to the process of readdir.
>
> The guarantee of open+readdir+close is that all directory entries that
> exited before open and after close are returned. Directory entries that
> are added or removed during the open+readir+close are returned at most
> once.
>
> The important case to handle is when someone has opened the directory a
> very long time ago or has chdir'd to the directory. With the result
> the directory was removed before we start the readdir process entirely.
>
> If the tasks die in the narrow window while we are inside of readdir
> races are impossible to avoid.

Ah OK. This means that v2 only needs the simple update.

Thanks again Eric.

Oleg.



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