linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] tracing: fix bad use of igrab in trace

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Date:   Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:24:55 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-team <kernel-team@...com>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@...com>,
        Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
        Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] tracing: fix bad use of igrab in trace_uprobe.c

On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Song Liu <songliubraving@...com> wrote:
> As Miklos reported and suggested:
>
>   This pattern repeats two times in trace_uprobe.c and in
>   kernel/events/core.c as well:
>
>       ret = kern_path(filename, LOOKUP_FOLLOW, &path);
>       if (ret)
>           goto fail_address_parse;
>
>       inode = igrab(d_inode(path.dentry));
>       path_put(&path);
>
>   And it's wrong.  You can only hold a reference to the inode if you
>   have an active ref to the superblock as well (which is normally
>   through path.mnt) or holding s_umount.
>
>   This way unmounting the containing filesystem while the tracepoint is
>   active will give you the "VFS: Busy inodes after unmount..." message
>   and a crash when the inode is finally put.
>
>   Solution: store path instead of inode.
>
> This patch fixes two instances in trace_uprobe.c. struct path is added to
> struct trace_uprobe to keep the inode and containing mount point
> referenced.
>
> Fixes: f3f096cfedf8 ("tracing: Provide trace events interface for uprobes")
> Fixes: 33ea4b24277b ("perf/core: Implement the 'perf_uprobe' PMU")
> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Howard McLauchlan <hmclauchlan@...com>
> Cc: Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>
> Cc: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
> Reported-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
> Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>

Acked-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>