be careful with nd->inode in path_init() and follow_dotdot_rcu()

in the former we simply check if dentry is still valid after picking
its ->d_inode; in the latter we fetch ->d_inode in the same places
where we fetch dentry and its ->d_seq, under the same checks.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 2.6.38+
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index fe47e6d8e85fd4b3ebee6352aae0e2c96e2a61eb..d07bc1b206c38d8c21e87154924eaf7019527864 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1142,6 +1142,7 @@ static bool __follow_mount_rcu(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path,
 
 static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
 {
+       struct inode *inode = nd->inode;
        if (!nd->root.mnt)
                set_root_rcu(nd);
 
@@ -1155,6 +1156,7 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
                        struct dentry *parent = old->d_parent;
                        unsigned seq;
 
+                       inode = parent->d_inode;
                        seq = read_seqcount_begin(&parent->d_seq);
                        if (read_seqcount_retry(&old->d_seq, nd->seq))
                                goto failed;
@@ -1164,6 +1166,7 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
                }
                if (!follow_up_rcu(&nd->path))
                        break;
+               inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
                nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
        }
        while (d_mountpoint(nd->path.dentry)) {
@@ -1173,11 +1176,12 @@ static int follow_dotdot_rcu(struct nameidata *nd)
                        break;
                nd->path.mnt = &mounted->mnt;
                nd->path.dentry = mounted->mnt.mnt_root;
+               inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
                nd->seq = read_seqcount_begin(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq);
                if (read_seqretry(&mount_lock, nd->m_seq))
                        goto failed;
        }
-       nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
+       nd->inode = inode;
        return 0;
 
 failed:
@@ -1904,7 +1908,14 @@ static int path_init(int dfd, const char *name, unsigned int flags,
        }
 
        nd->inode = nd->path.dentry->d_inode;
-       return 0;
+       if (!(flags & LOOKUP_RCU))
+               return 0;
+       if (likely(!read_seqcount_retry(&nd->path.dentry->d_seq, nd->seq)))
+               return 0;
+       if (!(nd->flags & LOOKUP_ROOT))
+               nd->root.mnt = NULL;
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+       return -ECHILD;
 }
 
 static inline int lookup_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path)