linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/23] fs: refactor ksys

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Date:   Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:14:04 +0530
From:   Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-api@...r.kernel.org, Jan Stancek <jstancek@...hat.com>,
        chrubis <chrubis@...e.cz>, lkft-triage@...ts.linaro.org,
        LTP List <ltp@...ts.linux.it>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/23] fs: refactor ksys_umount

On Thu, 6 Aug 2020 at 20:14, Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 at 22:04, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> >
> > Factor out a path_umount helper that takes a struct path * instead of the
> > actual file name.  This will allow to convert the init and devtmpfs code
> > to properly mount based on a kernel pointer instead of relying on the
> > implicit set_fs(KERNEL_DS) during early init.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> > ---
> >  fs/namespace.c | 40 ++++++++++++++++++----------------------
> >  1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
> > index 6f8234f74bed90..43834b59eff6c3 100644
> > --- a/fs/namespace.c
> > +++ b/fs/namespace.c

<trim>

>
> Regressions on linux next 20200803 tag kernel.
> LTP syscalls test umount03 mount a path for testing and
> umount failed and retired for 50 times and test exit with warning
> and following test cases using that mount path failed.
>
> LTP syscalls tests failed list,
>     * umount03
>     * umount2_01
>     * umount2_02
>     * umount2_03
>     * utime06
>     * copy_file_range01

The reported issue has been fixed in linux next 20200817 tag by
below patch.

fs: fix a struct path leak in path_umount
Make sure we also put the dentry and vfsmnt in the illegal flags and
!may_umount cases.
Fixes: 41525f56e256 ("fs: refactor ksys_umount")

- Naresh