Re: [PATCH v6 6/6] blktrace: fix debugfs use after free

[Luis Chamberlain]

So, upon updating the commit log, and moving the empty directory check
into another patch, I realized we might be able to simplify this now even
further still. Patch below. The key of the issue was that the use after free
happens when a recursive removal happens, and then later a specific
dentry removal happens. This happened for make_request block drivers
when using the whole disk, but since we *don't* have any other users of
the directory for the others cases, this in theory shuld not happen for
them either.

I'll try to shoot some bullets at this.

diff --git a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
index 7ff2ea5cd05e..5cea04c05e09 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/blktrace.c
@@ -524,10 +524,16 @@ static int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
 	if (!bt->msg_data)
 		goto err;
 
-	ret = -ENOENT;
-
-	dir = debugfs_lookup(buts->name, blk_debugfs_root);
-	if (!dir)
+	/*
+	 * When tracing whole make_request drivers (multiqueue) block devices,
+	 * reuse the existing debugfs directory created by the block layer on
+	 * init. For request-based block devices, all partitions block devices,
+	 * and scsi-generic block devices we create a temporary new debugfs
+	 * directory that will be removed once the trace ends.
+	 */
+	if (queue_is_mq(q))
+		dir = q->debugfs_dir;
+	else
 		bt->dir = dir = debugfs_create_dir(buts->name, blk_debugfs_root);
 
 	bt->dev = dev;
@@ -565,8 +571,6 @@ static int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, char *name, dev_t dev,
 
 	ret = 0;
 err:
-	if (dir && !bt->dir)
-		dput(dir);
 	if (ret)
 		blk_trace_free(bt);
 	return ret;