Re: [PATCH v2] autofs: add: new_inode check in autofs_fill_super()

[Bill O'Donnell]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 06:53:19AM +0800, Ian Kent wrote:
> Add missing NULL check of root_inode in autofs_fill_super().
> 
> While we are at it simplify the logic by taking advantage of the VFS
> cleanup procedures and get rid of the goto error handling, as suggested
> by Al Viro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Kent <raven@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bill O'Donnell <billodo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reported-by: syzbot+662f87a8ef490f45fa64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reviewed-by: Bill O'Donnell <bodonnel@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  fs/autofs/inode.c | 59 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/autofs/inode.c b/fs/autofs/inode.c
> index a5083d447a62..6ecf68536240 100644
> --- a/fs/autofs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/autofs/inode.c
> @@ -311,7 +311,6 @@ static int autofs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
>  	struct inode *root_inode;
>  	struct dentry *root;
>  	struct autofs_info *ino;
> -	int ret = -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	pr_debug("starting up, sbi = %p\n", sbi);
>  
> @@ -328,56 +327,42 @@ static int autofs_fill_super(struct super_block *s, struct fs_context *fc)
>  	 */
>  	ino = autofs_new_ino(sbi);
>  	if (!ino)
> -		goto fail;
> +		return -ENOMEM;
>  
>  	root_inode = autofs_get_inode(s, S_IFDIR | 0755);
> -	root_inode->i_uid = ctx->uid;
> -	root_inode->i_gid = ctx->gid;
> -
> -	root = d_make_root(root_inode);
> -	if (!root)
> -		goto fail_ino;
> -
> -	root->d_fsdata = ino;
> +	if (root_inode) {
> +		root_inode->i_uid = ctx->uid;
> +		root_inode->i_gid = ctx->gid;
> +		root_inode->i_fop = &autofs_root_operations;
> +		root_inode->i_op = &autofs_dir_inode_operations;
> +	}
> +	s->s_root = d_make_root(root_inode);
> +	if (unlikely(!s->s_root)) {
> +		autofs_free_ino(ino);
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
> +	s->s_root->d_fsdata = ino;
>  
>  	if (ctx->pgrp_set) {
>  		sbi->oz_pgrp = find_get_pid(ctx->pgrp);
> -		if (!sbi->oz_pgrp) {
> -			ret = invalf(fc, "Could not find process group %d",
> -				     ctx->pgrp);
> -			goto fail_dput;
> -		}
> -	} else {
> +		if (!sbi->oz_pgrp)
> +			return invalf(fc, "Could not find process group %d",
> +				      ctx->pgrp);
> +	} else
>  		sbi->oz_pgrp = get_task_pid(current, PIDTYPE_PGID);
> -	}
>  
>  	if (autofs_type_trigger(sbi->type))
> -		__managed_dentry_set_managed(root);
> -
> -	root_inode->i_fop = &autofs_root_operations;
> -	root_inode->i_op = &autofs_dir_inode_operations;
> +		/* s->s_root won't be contended so there's little to
> +		 * be gained by not taking the d_lock when setting
> +		 * d_flags, even when a lot mounts are being done.
> +		 */
> +		managed_dentry_set_managed(s->s_root);
>  
>  	pr_debug("pipe fd = %d, pgrp = %u\n",
>  		 sbi->pipefd, pid_nr(sbi->oz_pgrp));
>  
>  	sbi->flags &= ~AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Success! Install the root dentry now to indicate completion.
> -	 */
> -	s->s_root = root;
>  	return 0;
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * Failure ... clean up.
> -	 */
> -fail_dput:
> -	dput(root);
> -	goto fail;
> -fail_ino:
> -	autofs_free_ino(ino);
> -fail:
> -	return ret;
>  }
>  
>  /*
> -- 
> 2.41.0
>