Re: [PATCH] nfsd: make a copy of struct iattr before calling notify_change

[Chuck Lever III <chuck.lever@oracle.com>]

> On May 17, 2023, at 12:26 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> notify_change can modify the iattr structure. In particular it can can
> end up setting ATTR_MODE when ATTR_KILL_SUID is already set, causing a
> BUG() if the same iattr is passed to notify_change more than once.
> 
> Make a copy of the struct iattr before calling notify_change.
> 
> Fixes: 34b91dda7124 NFSD: Make nfsd4_setattr() wait before returning NFS4ERR_DELAY
> Link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2207969
> Reported-by: Zhi Li <yieli@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> ---
> fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
> index c4ef24c5ffd0..ad0c5cd900b1 100644
> --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
> +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
> @@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ nfsd_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
> 
> inode_lock(inode);
> for (retries = 1;;) {
> - host_err = __nfsd_setattr(dentry, iap);
> + struct iattr attrs = *iap;

This construct always makes me queazy. I'm never sure if an
initializer inside a loop is "only once" or "every time". I
fixed a bug like this once.

But if you've tested it and it addresses the BUG, then let's
go with this. I can apply it to nfsd-fixes.


> +
> + host_err = __nfsd_setattr(dentry, &attrs);
> if (host_err != -EAGAIN || !retries--)
> break;
> if (!nfsd_wait_for_delegreturn(rqstp, inode))
> -- 
> 2.40.1
> 

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Chuck Lever