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Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 22:18:25 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Sishuai Gong <sishuai.system@...il.com>
Subject: [for-next][PATCH 13/14] tracefs: Avoid changing i_mode to a temp value

From: Sishuai Gong <sishuai.system@...il.com>

Right now inode->i_mode is updated twice to reach the desired value
in tracefs_apply_options(). Because there is no lock protecting the two
writes, other threads might read the intermediate value of inode->i_mode.

Thread-1			Thread-2
// tracefs_apply_options()	//e.g., acl_permission_check
inode->i_mode &= ~S_IALLUGO;
				unsigned int mode = inode->i_mode;
inode->i_mode |= opts->mode;

I think there is no need to introduce a lock but it is better to
only update inode->i_mode ONCE, so the readers will either see the old
or latest value, rather than an intermediate/temporary value.

Note, the race is not a security concern as the intermediate value is more
locked down than either the start or end version. This is more just to do
the conversion cleanly.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-trace-kernel/AB5B0A1C-75D9-4E82-A7F0-CF7D0715587B@gmail.com

Signed-off-by: Sishuai Gong <sishuai.system@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 fs/tracefs/inode.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/tracefs/inode.c b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
index bb6de89eb446..c7a10f965602 100644
--- a/fs/tracefs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/tracefs/inode.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb, bool remount)
 	struct tracefs_fs_info *fsi = sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct inode *inode = d_inode(sb->s_root);
 	struct tracefs_mount_opts *opts = &fsi->mount_opts;
+	umode_t tmp_mode;
 
 	/*
 	 * On remount, only reset mode/uid/gid if they were provided as mount
@@ -317,8 +318,9 @@ static int tracefs_apply_options(struct super_block *sb, bool remount)
 	 */
 
 	if (!remount || opts->opts & BIT(Opt_mode)) {
-		inode->i_mode &= ~S_IALLUGO;
-		inode->i_mode |= opts->mode;
+		tmp_mode = READ_ONCE(inode->i_mode) & ~S_IALLUGO;
+		tmp_mode |= opts->mode;
+		WRITE_ONCE(inode->i_mode, tmp_mode);
 	}
 
 	if (!remount || opts->opts & BIT(Opt_uid))
-- 
2.40.1