linux-kernel - Re: strange interaction between fuse + pidns

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Date:   Mon, 11 Jul 2022 12:35:32 +0200
From:   Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:     Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.pizza>
Cc:     Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        fuse-devel <fuse-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: strange interaction between fuse + pidns

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022 at 19:21, Tycho Andersen <tycho@...ho.pizza> wrote:

>         /*
> -        * Either request is already in userspace, or it was forced.
> -        * Wait it out.
> +        * Womp womp. We sent a request to userspace and now we're getting
> +        * killed.
>          */
> -       wait_event(req->waitq, test_bit(FR_FINISHED, &req->flags));

You can't remove this, it's a crucial part of fuse request handling.
Yes, it causes pain, but making *sent* requests killable is a lot more
work.

For one: need to duplicate caller's locking state (i_rwsem, ...) and
move the request into a backround queue instead of just finishing it
off immediately so that the shadow locking can be torn down when the
reply actually arrives.  This affects a lot of requests.

Or we could special case FUSE_FLUSH, which doesn't have any locking.

The reason force=true is needed for FUSE_FLUSH is because it affects
posix lock state.   Not waiting for the reply if the task is killed
could have observable consequences, but my guess is that it's an
uninteresting corner case and would not cause regressions in real
life.

Can you try the attached untested patch?

Thanks,
Miklos

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