[PATCH] fuse: fix inode initialization race

[Horst Birthelmer <horst@birthelmer.com>]

From: Horst Birthelmer <hbirthelmer@ddn.com>

Fix a race between fuse_iget() and fuse_reverse_inval_inode() where
invalidation can arrive while an inode is being initialized, causing
the invalidation to be lost.

Add a waitqueue to make fuse_reverse_inval_inode() wait when it
encounters an inode with attr_version == 0 (still initializing).
When fuse_change_attributes_common() completes initialization, it
wakes waiting threads.

This ensures invalidations are properly serialized with inode
initialization, maintaining cache coherency.

Signed-off-by: Horst Birthelmer <hbirthelmer@ddn.com>
---
 fs/fuse/fuse_i.h | 3 +++
 fs/fuse/inode.c  | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 7f16049387d15e869db4be23a93605098588eda9..1be611472eee276371b3bde1a55257c1116cfedd 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -945,6 +945,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** Version counter for attribute changes */
 	atomic64_t attr_version;
 
+	/** Waitqueue for attr_version initialization */
+	wait_queue_head_t attr_version_waitq;
+
 	/** Version counter for evict inode */
 	atomic64_t evict_ctr;
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index e57b8af06be93ecc29c58864a9c9e99c68e3283b..c6e7e50d80c0edaea57d9342869eaf811786e342 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ void fuse_change_attributes_common(struct inode *inode, struct fuse_attr *attr,
 		set_mask_bits(&fi->inval_mask, STATX_BASIC_STATS, 0);
 
 	fi->attr_version = atomic64_inc_return(&fc->attr_version);
+	wake_up_all(&fc->attr_version_waitq);
 	fi->i_time = attr_valid;
 
 	inode->i_ino     = fuse_squash_ino(attr->ino);
@@ -567,6 +568,12 @@ int fuse_reverse_inval_inode(struct fuse_conn *fc, u64 nodeid,
 
 	fi = get_fuse_inode(inode);
 	spin_lock(&fi->lock);
+	while (fi->attr_version == 0) {
+		spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
+		wait_event(fc->attr_version_waitq, READ_ONCE(fi->attr_version) != 0);
+		spin_lock(&fi->lock);
+	}
+
 	fi->attr_version = atomic64_inc_return(&fc->attr_version);
 	spin_unlock(&fi->lock);
 
@@ -979,6 +986,7 @@ void fuse_conn_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_mount *fm,
 	atomic_set(&fc->epoch, 1);
 	INIT_WORK(&fc->epoch_work, fuse_epoch_work);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&fc->blocked_waitq);
+	init_waitqueue_head(&fc->attr_version_waitq);
 	fuse_iqueue_init(&fc->iq, fiq_ops, fiq_priv);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->bg_queue);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&fc->entry);

---
base-commit: f338e77383789c0cae23ca3d48adcc5e9e137e3c
change-id: 20260318-fix-inode-init-race-a47a7ba4af1e

Best regards,
-- 
Horst Birthelmer <hbirthelmer@ddn.com>