tmpfs: allow decoding a file handle of an unlinked file

tmpfs uses the helper d_find_alias() to find a dentry from a decoded inode, but d_find_alias() skips unhashed dentries, so unlinked files cannot be decoded from a file handle. This can be reproduced using xfstests test program open_by_handle: $ open_by handle -c /tmp/testdir $ open_by_handle -dk /tmp/testdir open_by_handle(/tmp/testdir/file000000) returned 116 incorrectly on an unlinked open file! To fix this, if d_find_alias() can't find a hashed alias, call d_find_any_alias() to return an unhashed one. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAOQ4uxg+qSLP0KwdW+h1tcPqOCQd+_pGZVXiePQB1TXCMBMctQ@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]> Cc: Hugh Dickins <[email protected]> Cc: Jeff Layton <[email protected]> Cc: "J. Bruce Fields" <[email protected]> Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
XGWang0 · Jun 8, 2018 · 12ba780 · 12ba780
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commit 12ba780
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diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -3209,6 +3209,15 @@ static int shmem_match(struct inode *ino, void *vfh)
 	return ino->i_ino == inum && fh[0] == ino->i_generation;
 }
 
+/* Find any alias of inode, but prefer a hashed alias */
+static struct dentry *shmem_find_alias(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	struct dentry *alias = d_find_alias(inode);
+
+	return alias ?: d_find_any_alias(inode);
+}
+
+
 static struct dentry *shmem_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 		struct fid *fid, int fh_len, int fh_type)
 {
@@ -3225,7 +3234,7 @@ static struct dentry *shmem_fh_to_dentry(struct super_block *sb,
 	inode = ilookup5(sb, (unsigned long)(inum + fid->raw[0]),
 			shmem_match, fid->raw);
 	if (inode) {
-		dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
+		dentry = shmem_find_alias(inode);
 		iput(inode);
 	}