linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] cachefiles, nfs: Fixes

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Date:   Sun, 10 May 2020 13:39:03 +0000
From:   Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>
To:     "torvalds@...ux-foundation.org" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "dhowells@...hat.com" <dhowells@...hat.com>
CC:     "cmaiolino@...hat.com" <cmaiolino@...hat.com>,
        "carmark.dlut@...il.com" <carmark.dlut@...il.com>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-cachefs@...hat.com" <linux-cachefs@...hat.com>,
        "dwysocha@...hat.com" <dwysocha@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "anna.schumaker@...app.com" <anna.schumaker@...app.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] cachefiles, nfs: Fixes

Hi David,

On Fri, 2020-05-08 at 23:16 +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Hi Linus, Trond, Anna,
> 
> Can you pull these fixes for cachefiles and NFS's use of
> fscache?  Should
> they go through the NFS tree or directly upstream?  The things fixed
> are:
> 
>  (1) The reorganisation of bmap() use accidentally caused the return
> value
>      of cachefiles_read_or_alloc_pages() to get corrupted.
> 
>  (2) The NFS superblock index key accidentally got changed to include
> a
>      number of kernel pointers - meaning that the key isn't matchable
> after
>      a reboot.
> 
>  (3) A redundant check in nfs_fscache_get_super_cookie().
> 
>  (4) The NFS change_attr sometimes set in the auxiliary data for the
>      caching of an file and sometimes not, which causes the cache to
> get
>      discarded when it shouldn't.
> 
>  (5) There's a race between cachefiles_read_waiter() and
>      cachefiles_read_copier() that causes an occasional assertion
> failure.
> 
> The patches are tagged here:
> 
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-
> fs.git
> 	tag fscache-fixes-20200508-2
> 
> Thanks,
> David
> ---
> Dave Wysochanski (3):
>       NFS: Fix fscache super_cookie index_key from changing after
> umount
>       NFS: Fix fscache super_cookie allocation
>       NFSv4: Fix fscache cookie aux_data to ensure change_attr is
> included
> 
> David Howells (1):
>       cachefiles: Fix corruption of the return value in
> cachefiles_read_or_alloc_pages()
> 
> Lei Xue (1):
>       cachefiles: Fix race between read_waiter and read_copier
> involving op->to_do
> 
> 
>  fs/cachefiles/rdwr.c |   12 ++++++------
>  fs/nfs/fscache.c     |   39 ++++++++++++++++++---------------------
>  fs/nfs/super.c       |    1 -
>  3 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> 

I can pull this branch, and send it together with the NFS client
bugfixes for 5.7-rc5.


-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
trond.myklebust@...merspace.com