[RFC PATCH 1/2] fs/9p: Add fid before dentry instantiation

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

d_instantiate marks the dentry positive. So a parallel lookup and mkdir of
the directory can find dentry that doesn't have fid attached. This can result
in both the code path doing v9fs_fid_add which results in v9fs_dentry leak.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/9p/vfs_inode.c      |    4 +---
 fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c |    8 ++++----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index cbba7c7..6d2278f 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -645,13 +645,11 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto error;
-
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	return ofid;
-
 error:
 	if (ofid)
 		p9_client_clunk(ofid);
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index 185ce37..0a17235 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -281,10 +281,10 @@ v9fs_vfs_create_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n", err);
 		goto error;
 	}
-	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto error;
+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 
 	/* Now set the ACL based on the default value */
 	v9fs_set_create_acl(dentry, &dacl, &pacl);
@@ -403,10 +403,10 @@ static int v9fs_vfs_mkdir_dotl(struct inode *dir,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		fid = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/*
@@ -657,10 +657,10 @@ v9fs_vfs_symlink_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 					err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		fid = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/* Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat */
@@ -810,10 +810,10 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, int omode,
 				err);
 			goto error;
 		}
-		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		err = v9fs_fid_add(dentry, fid);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto error;
+		d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 		fid = NULL;
 	} else {
 		/*
-- 
1.7.4.1

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