[PATCH v2 01/40] afs: fix the usage of read_seqbegin_or_lock() in afs_lookup_volume_rcu()

From: David Howells
Date: Wed Dec 13 2023 - 08:50:17 EST


From: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>

David Howells says:

(2) afs_lookup_volume_rcu().

There can be a lot of volumes known by a system. A thousand would
require a 10-step walk and this is drivable by remote operation, so I
think this should probably take a lock on the second pass too.

Make the "seq" counter odd on the 2nd pass, otherwise read_seqbegin_or_lock()
never takes the lock.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231130115606.GA21571@xxxxxxxxxx/
---
fs/afs/callback.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/callback.c b/fs/afs/callback.c
index a484fa642808..90f9b2a46ff4 100644
--- a/fs/afs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/afs/callback.c
@@ -110,13 +110,14 @@ static struct afs_volume *afs_lookup_volume_rcu(struct afs_cell *cell,
{
struct afs_volume *volume = NULL;
struct rb_node *p;
- int seq = 0;
+ int seq = 1;

do {
/* Unfortunately, rbtree walking doesn't give reliable results
* under just the RCU read lock, so we have to check for
* changes.
*/
+ seq++; /* 2 on the 1st/lockless path, otherwise odd */
read_seqbegin_or_lock(&cell->volume_lock, &seq);

p = rcu_dereference_raw(cell->volumes.rb_node);