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Message-ID: <CAOQ4uxgRbpzo-AvvBxLQ5ARdFuX53RG+JpPOG8CDoEM2MdsWQQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:35:32 +0300
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Cc:     kbuild@...ts.01.org,
        Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <krisman@...labora.com>,
        kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>, kbuild-all@...ts.01.org,
        "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@...gle.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/15] fsnotify: pass arguments of fsnotify() in struct fsnotify_event_info

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 11:12 AM Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Gabriel,
>
> url:    https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/Gabriel-Krisman-Bertazi/File-system-wide-monitoring/20210630-031347
> base:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs.git fsnotify
> config: x86_64-randconfig-m001-20210628 (attached as .config)
> compiler: gcc-9 (Debian 9.3.0-22) 9.3.0
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
>
> smatch warnings:
> fs/notify/fsnotify.c:505 __fsnotify() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'inode' (see line 494)
>
> vim +/inode +505 fs/notify/fsnotify.c
>
> dca640915c7b84 Amir Goldstein         2021-06-29  470  int __fsnotify(__u32 mask, const struct fsnotify_event_info *event_info)
> 90586523eb4b34 Eric Paris             2009-05-21  471  {
> dca640915c7b84 Amir Goldstein         2021-06-29  472   const struct path *path = fsnotify_event_info_path(event_info);
> dca640915c7b84 Amir Goldstein         2021-06-29  473   struct inode *inode = event_info->inode;
> 3427ce71554123 Miklos Szeredi         2017-10-30  474   struct fsnotify_iter_info iter_info = {};
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  475   struct super_block *sb;
> 60f7ed8c7c4d06 Amir Goldstein         2018-09-01  476   struct mount *mnt = NULL;
> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein         2020-12-02  477   struct inode *parent = NULL;
> 9385a84d7e1f65 Jan Kara               2016-11-10  478   int ret = 0;
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  479   __u32 test_mask, marks_mask;
> 90586523eb4b34 Eric Paris             2009-05-21  480
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  481   if (path)
> aa93bdc5500cc9 Amir Goldstein         2020-03-19  482           mnt = real_mount(path->mnt);
> 3a9fb89f4cd04c Eric Paris             2009-12-17  483
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  484   if (!inode) {
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  485           /* Dirent event - report on TYPE_INODE to dir */
> dca640915c7b84 Amir Goldstein         2021-06-29  486           inode = event_info->dir;
>                                                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Presumably this is non-NULL
>
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  487   } else if (mask & FS_EVENT_ON_CHILD) {
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  488           /*
> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein         2020-12-02  489            * Event on child - report on TYPE_PARENT to dir if it is
> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein         2020-12-02  490            * watching children and on TYPE_INODE to child.
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  491            */
> dca640915c7b84 Amir Goldstein         2021-06-29  492           parent = event_info->dir;
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22  493   }
> 40a100d3adc1ad Amir Goldstein         2020-07-22 @494   sb = inode->i_sb;
>                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Dereference
>
> 497b0c5a7c0688 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  495
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  496   /*
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  497    * Optimization: srcu_read_lock() has a memory barrier which can
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  498    * be expensive.  It protects walking the *_fsnotify_marks lists.
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  499    * However, if we do not walk the lists, we do not have to do
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  500    * SRCU because we have no references to any objects and do not
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  501    * need SRCU to keep them "alive".
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  502    */
> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  503   if (!sb->s_fsnotify_marks &&
> 497b0c5a7c0688 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  504       (!mnt || !mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks) &&
> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16 @505       (!inode || !inode->i_fsnotify_marks) &&
>                                                              ^^^^^^
> Unnecessary check for NULL
>
> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein         2020-12-02  506       (!parent || !parent->i_fsnotify_marks))
> 7c49b8616460eb Dave Hansen            2015-09-04  507           return 0;
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  508
> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  509   marks_mask = sb->s_fsnotify_mask;
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  510   if (mnt)
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  511           marks_mask |= mnt->mnt_fsnotify_mask;
> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  512   if (inode)
>                                                             ^^^^^^
>
> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  513           marks_mask |= inode->i_fsnotify_mask;
> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein         2020-12-02  514   if (parent)
> fecc4559780d52 Amir Goldstein         2020-12-02  515           marks_mask |= parent->i_fsnotify_mask;
> 497b0c5a7c0688 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  516
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  517
> 613a807fe7c793 Eric Paris             2010-07-28  518   /*
> 613a807fe7c793 Eric Paris             2010-07-28  519    * if this is a modify event we may need to clear the ignored masks
> 497b0c5a7c0688 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  520    * otherwise return if none of the marks care about this type of event.
> 613a807fe7c793 Eric Paris             2010-07-28  521    */
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  522   test_mask = (mask & ALL_FSNOTIFY_EVENTS);
> 71d734103edfa2 Mel Gorman             2020-07-08  523   if (!(mask & FS_MODIFY) && !(test_mask & marks_mask))
> 613a807fe7c793 Eric Paris             2010-07-28  524           return 0;
> 75c1be487a690d Eric Paris             2010-07-28  525
> 9385a84d7e1f65 Jan Kara               2016-11-10  526   iter_info.srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&fsnotify_mark_srcu);
> 75c1be487a690d Eric Paris             2010-07-28  527
> 45a9fb3725d886 Amir Goldstein         2019-01-10  528   iter_info.marks[FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_SB] =
> 45a9fb3725d886 Amir Goldstein         2019-01-10  529           fsnotify_first_mark(&sb->s_fsnotify_marks);
> 9bdda4e9cf2dce Amir Goldstein         2018-09-01  530   if (mnt) {
> 47d9c7cc457adc Amir Goldstein         2018-04-20  531           iter_info.marks[FSNOTIFY_OBJ_TYPE_VFSMOUNT] =
> 3427ce71554123 Miklos Szeredi         2017-10-30  532                   fsnotify_first_mark(&mnt->mnt_fsnotify_marks);
> 7131485a93679f Eric Paris             2009-12-17  533   }
> 9b93f33105f5f9 Amir Goldstein         2020-07-16  534   if (inode) {
>                                                             ^^^^^
> Lots of checking...  Maybe this is really NULL?

Do you have feeling of dejavu? ;-)
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200730192537.GB13525@quack2.suse.cz/

We've been through this.
Maybe you silenced the smach warning on fsnotify() and the rename to
__fsnotifty()
caused this warning to refloat?

Thanks,
Amir.

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