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From: Tao Cui <cui.tao@linux.dev>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, jlayton@kernel.org, cel@kernel.org
Cc: alex.aring@gmail.com, viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk,
	brauner@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	avagin@openvz.org, khorenko@virtuozzo.com, bcodding@redhat.com,
	cui.tao@linux.dev, Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: [PATCH v2] fs/locks: filter OFD locks from /proc/locks for foreign pid namespaces
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 2026 20:51:39 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260902125139.975253-1-cui.tao@linux.dev> (raw)

From: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>

Since Linux 4.9, /proc/locks only shows locks whose owning process is
visible in the reader's pid namespace.  The check cannot see the
owner of an OFD lock, though: locks_translate_pid() always returns
-1 for FL_OFDLCK, so an OFD lock held outside of that namespace
bypasses the filter and is shown with its device/inode numbers and
byte range, e.g.

    4: OFDLCK ADVISORY  WRITE -1 fd:00:70536961 0 EOF

This was observed on a Kubernetes node: a pod reading /proc/locks
listed the OFD write lock of an unrelated host process, while the
POSIX locks of the very same process were correctly hidden.  The
device/inode pair identifies which host file is locked, the byte
range discloses where it is actively written, and the
appearance/disappearance of entries reflects host task activity,
contrary to the documented per-pidns visibility of /proc/locks
(proc_locks(5)).

OFD locks record the owner tgid in flc_pid, so use it for the
visibility decision in locks_show(), mirroring what
locks_translate_pid() does for POSIX locks.  The pid column is still
reported as -1 for OFD locks; only the filter decision changes.
Remote locks keep their negative flc_pid and stay visible as before.

Verified with an OFD and a POSIX write lock held in the initial pid
namespace while a process in a fresh pid namespace reads /proc/locks:
the OFD entry is visible without this patch and hidden with it, the
POSIX entry is hidden in both cases.

Signed-off-by: Tao Cui <cuitao@kylinos.cn>

---

Changes since v1: keep remote OFD locks (negative flc_pid) visible in
non-initial pid namespaces, as locks_translate_pid() does for remote
POSIX locks.
---
 fs/locks.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/locks.c b/fs/locks.c
index 6e4ff7fcec05..4af1385682e4 100644
--- a/fs/locks.c
+++ b/fs/locks.c
@@ -3022,6 +3022,25 @@ static int locks_show(struct seq_file *f, void *v)
 
 	cur = hlist_entry(v, struct file_lock_core, flc_link);
 
+	/*
+	 * OFD locks are reported with pid -1, so the filter below cannot see
+	 * their owner; flc_pid holds the owner tgid, so filter on it.
+	 * Remote locks keep a negative flc_pid and stay visible as before.
+	 */
+	if ((cur->flc_flags & FL_OFDLCK) && cur->flc_pid > 0 &&
+	    proc_pidns != &init_pid_ns) {
+		struct pid *pid;
+		bool visible = false;
+
+		rcu_read_lock();
+		pid = find_pid_ns(cur->flc_pid, &init_pid_ns);
+		if (pid)
+			visible = pid_nr_ns(pid, proc_pidns) != 0;
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		if (!visible)
+			return 0;
+	}
+
 	if (locks_translate_pid(cur, proc_pidns) == 0)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
2.43.0


             reply	other threads:[~2026-09-02 12:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-09-02 12:51 Tao Cui [this message]
2026-09-02 13:03 ` Jeff Layton
2026-09-03  2:10   ` Tao Cui
2026-09-03 19:06     ` Jeff Layton

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