Re: [PATCH v3] ocfs2: Pin owning modules for open debugfs files

[Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 10/16/26 9:17 AM, Cen Zhang wrote:
> The OCFS2 debugfs file operation tables do not set owner. The
> full debugfs proxy obtains real_fops with fops_get() at open and
> keeps it until final release. Without an owner, this does not acquire
> a reference to the module containing the table and its callbacks.
> Removing the debugfs entries does not drain retained open files.
> 
> An open connected_nodes file can therefore outlive ocfs2_nodemanager
> and make full_proxy_release() read real_fops->release from freed
> module memory. Heming also reproduced the issue with fs_state and
> asked for the other OCFS2 debugfs operation tables to be checked.
> 
> Set owner to THIS_MODULE in all eleven explicit debugfs operation
> tables: five in ocfs2_nodemanager, four in ocfs2_dlm, and two in
> ocfs2. The existing debugfs get/put pair then holds the appropriate
> module until final release. Leave the open, read and release callbacks
> unchanged. The blockcheck table already sets owner through
> DEFINE_DEBUGFS_ATTRIBUTE(), so it needs no change.
> 
> The original controlled test used an unloadable OCFS2 module and
> case-local probe filters without changing the candidate open, unload
> or release logic. Closing a retained connected_nodes file after
> normal unload produced:
> 
>   BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff804cfef
>   Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI
>   RIP: 0010:full_proxy_release+0xbf/0x190
>   Call Trace:
>    <TASK>
>    __fput+0x39a/0xa60
>    fput_close_sync+0xff/0x200
>    __x64_sys_close+0x8c/0xf0
>    do_syscall_64+0x114/0x620
>    entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
>    </TASK>
>   Modules linked in: [last unloaded: ocfs2_nodemanager]
> 
> Fixes: 2309e9e040fe ("ocfs2/net: Add debug interface to o2net")
> Fixes: 87d3d3f3931f ("ocfs2/hb: Expose the list of heartbeating nodes via debugfs")
> Fixes: 3ba169ccec1c ("ocfs2/cluster: Add new function o2net_fill_node_map()")
> Fixes: 50397507e856 ("ocfs2: Expose the file system state via debugfs")
> Fixes: ccd979bdbce9 ("[PATCH] OCFS2: The Second Oracle Cluster Filesystem")
> Fixes: 7209300a9b98 ("ocfs2/dlm: Dumps the purgelist into a debugfs file")
> Fixes: d0129aceaecc ("ocfs2/dlm: Dumps the mles into a debugfs file")
> Fixes: 4e3d24ed1a12 ("ocfs2/dlm: Dumps the lockres' into a debugfs file")
> Fixes: 007dce53a29c ("ocfs2/dlm: Dump the dlm state in a debugfs file")
> Assisted-by: LLM
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Heming Zhao <heming.zhao@suse.com>
> Signed-off-by: Cen Zhang <zzzccc427@gmail.com>
> 
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - Match each .owner assignment to the indentation of neighboring members
>   throughout, as requested by Kees Cook.
> 
> Changes in v2:
> - Cover fs_state and locking_state in the OCFS2 filesystem module.
> - Cover all four OCFS2 DLM debugfs operation tables.
> - Keep the five node manager fixes and the original diagnostic.
> - Add explicit module headers and Fixes tags for the added tables.
> - Add Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org.
> 
> Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/pm-ocfs2-objects-candidate-0089-v2-4c67f48d4e2d0fc85990@gmail.com
> Link to v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/pm-ocfs2-objects-candidate-0089-v5-076c780eeaf45afb2a53@gmail.com
> 
>  fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c | 1 +
>  fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c  | 4 ++++
>  fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmdebug.c      | 5 +++++
>  fs/ocfs2/dlmglue.c           | 2 ++
>  fs/ocfs2/super.c             | 1 +
>  5 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
> index 8e6ead433228e7419bfbbe5c7cdde65c654a24f4..1cb516df53f4e1b3b2a292eb2550faa3d16e3fa2 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
> @@ -1447,6 +1447,7 @@ static ssize_t o2hb_debug_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
>  #endif  /* CONFIG_DEBUG_FS */
>  
>  static const struct file_operations o2hb_debug_fops = {
> +	.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
>  	.open =		o2hb_debug_open,
>  	.release =	o2hb_debug_release,
>  	.read =		o2hb_debug_read,
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c
> index f7ab66e70799302f3ed4e70ab6a8fb057dd0bfa9..5d373002297de1fdd9a05e270f7942d8c1ce2dac 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/netdebug.c
> @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ static int nst_fop_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  }
>  
>  static const struct file_operations nst_seq_fops = {
> +	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>  	.open = nst_fop_open,
>  	.read = seq_read,
>  	.llseek = seq_lseek,
> @@ -415,6 +416,7 @@ static int stats_fop_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
>  }
>  
>  static const struct file_operations stats_seq_fops = {
> +	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
>  	.open = stats_fop_open,
>  	.read = seq_read,
>  	.llseek = seq_lseek,

Seems it misses the Fixes tag for stats_seq_fops:
db02754c8a12 ocfs2/cluster: Show o2net timing statistics

Other looks fine to me.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>