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Subject[PATCH v0] kernfs: Skip kernfs_put of parent from child node
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While adding kernfs node for child to the parent kernfs
node and when child node founds that parent kn count is
zero, then below comes like:

WARNING: fs/kernfs/dir.c:494 kernfs_get+0x64/0x88

This indicates that parent is in kernfs_put path/ or already
freed, and if the child node keeps continue to
make new kernfs node, then there is chance of
below race for parent node:

CPU0 CPU1
//Parent node //child node
kernfs_put
atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count)
//count is 0, so continue
kernfs_new_node(child)
kernfs_get(parent);
//increment parent count to 1
//warning come as parent count is 0
/* link in */
kernfs_add_one(kn);
// this should fail as parent is
//in free path.
kernfs_put(child)
kmem_cache_free(parent)
kmem_cache_free(child)
kn = parent
atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count))
//this is 0 now, so release will
continue for parent.
kmem_cache_free(parent)

To prevent this race, child simply has to decrement count of parent
kernfs node and keep continue the free path for itself.

Signed-off-by: Gaurav Kohli <gkohli@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mojha@codeaurora.org>

diff --git a/fs/kernfs/dir.c b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
index b84d635..d5a36e8 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/dir.c
@@ -515,7 +515,6 @@ void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)
if (!kn || !atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count))
return;
root = kernfs_root(kn);
- repeat:
/*
* Moving/renaming is always done while holding reference.
* kn->parent won't change beneath us.
@@ -545,8 +544,8 @@ void kernfs_put(struct kernfs_node *kn)

kn = parent;
if (kn) {
- if (atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count))
- goto repeat;
+ /* Parent may be on free path, so simply decrement the count */
+ atomic_dec_and_test(&kn->count);
} else {
/* just released the root kn, free @root too */
idr_destroy(&root->ino_idr);
--
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