linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] blktrace: fix debugfs use after free

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Date:   Tue, 19 May 2020 18:54:21 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, bvanassche@....org, rostedt@...dmis.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, jack@...e.cz, ming.lei@...hat.com,
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        yukuai3@...wei.com, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Omar Sandoval <osandov@...com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>,
        syzbot+603294af2d01acfdd6da@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 5/7] blktrace: fix debugfs use after free

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 09:37:13AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I don't think we need any of that symlink stuff.  Even if we want it
> (which I don't), it should not be in a bug fix patch.

I agree, why are the symlinks even needed?  This is debugfs, the
files/contents there can change whenever they want to, no userspace code
should depend on this stuff...

> In fact to fix the blktrace race I think we only need something like
> this fairly trivial patch (completely untested so far) below.
> 
> (and with that we can also drop the previous patch, as blk-debugfs.c
> becomes rather pointless)

Patch looks much more sane than Luis's one.

thanks,

greg k-h