2014-01-17 20:12:08

by Scott Mayhew

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Subject: [PATCH] nfs: always make sure page is up-to-date before extending a write to cover the entire page

We should always make sure the cached page is up-to-date when we're
determining whether we can extend a write to cover the full page -- even
if we've received a write delegation from the server.

Commit c7559663 added logic to skip this check if we have a write
delegation, which can lead to data corruption such as the following
scenario if client B receives a write delegation from the NFS server:

Client A:
# echo 123456789 > /mnt/file

Client B:
# echo abcdefghi >> /mnt/file
# cat /mnt/file
0�D0�abcdefghi

Just because we hold a write delegation doesn't mean that we've read in
the entire page contents.

Cc: <[email protected]> # v3.11+
Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <[email protected]>
---
fs/nfs/write.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
index c1d5482..6a85038 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/write.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
@@ -922,19 +922,20 @@ out:
* extend the write to cover the entire page in order to avoid fragmentation
* inefficiencies.
*
- * If the file is opened for synchronous writes or if we have a write delegation
- * from the server then we can just skip the rest of the checks.
+ * If the file is opened for synchronous writes then we can just skip the rest
+ * of the checks.
*/
static int nfs_can_extend_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
{
if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
return 0;
+ if (!nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode))
+ return 0;
if (NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
return 1;
- if (nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode) && (inode->i_flock == NULL ||
- (inode->i_flock->fl_start == 0 &&
+ if (inode->i_flock == NULL || (inode->i_flock->fl_start == 0 &&
inode->i_flock->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX &&
- inode->i_flock->fl_type != F_RDLCK)))
+ inode->i_flock->fl_type != F_RDLCK))
return 1;
return 0;
}
--
1.7.11.7



2014-01-20 14:26:30

by David Wysochanski

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs: always make sure page is up-to-date before extending a write to cover the entire page

On Fri, 2014-01-17 at 15:12 -0500, Scott Mayhew wrote:
> We should always make sure the cached page is up-to-date when we're
> determining whether we can extend a write to cover the full page -- even
> if we've received a write delegation from the server.
>
> Commit c7559663 added logic to skip this check if we have a write
> delegation, which can lead to data corruption such as the following
> scenario if client B receives a write delegation from the NFS server:
>
> Client A:
> # echo 123456789 > /mnt/file
>
> Client B:
> # echo abcdefghi >> /mnt/file
> # cat /mnt/file
> 0�D0�abcdefghi
>
> Just because we hold a write delegation doesn't mean that we've read in
> the entire page contents.
>
> Cc: <[email protected]> # v3.11+
> Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/nfs/write.c | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
> index c1d5482..6a85038 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/write.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
> @@ -922,19 +922,20 @@ out:
> * extend the write to cover the entire page in order to avoid fragmentation
> * inefficiencies.
> *
> - * If the file is opened for synchronous writes or if we have a write delegation
> - * from the server then we can just skip the rest of the checks.
> + * If the file is opened for synchronous writes then we can just skip the rest
> + * of the checks.
> */
> static int nfs_can_extend_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
> {
> if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
> return 0;
> + if (!nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode))
> + return 0;
> if (NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
> return 1;
> - if (nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode) && (inode->i_flock == NULL ||
> - (inode->i_flock->fl_start == 0 &&
> + if (inode->i_flock == NULL || (inode->i_flock->fl_start == 0 &&
> inode->i_flock->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX &&
> - inode->i_flock->fl_type != F_RDLCK)))
> + inode->i_flock->fl_type != F_RDLCK))
> return 1;
> return 0;
> }

Acked-by: Dave Wysochanski <[email protected]>



2014-01-20 14:29:18

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfs: always make sure page is up-to-date before extending a write to cover the entire page

On Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:12:05 -0500
Scott Mayhew <[email protected]> wrote:

> We should always make sure the cached page is up-to-date when we're
> determining whether we can extend a write to cover the full page -- even
> if we've received a write delegation from the server.
>
> Commit c7559663 added logic to skip this check if we have a write
> delegation, which can lead to data corruption such as the following
> scenario if client B receives a write delegation from the NFS server:
>
> Client A:
> # echo 123456789 > /mnt/file
>
> Client B:
> # echo abcdefghi >> /mnt/file
> # cat /mnt/file
> 0�D0�abcdefghi
>
> Just because we hold a write delegation doesn't mean that we've read in
> the entire page contents.
>
> Cc: <[email protected]> # v3.11+
> Signed-off-by: Scott Mayhew <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/nfs/write.c | 11 ++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/nfs/write.c b/fs/nfs/write.c
> index c1d5482..6a85038 100644
> --- a/fs/nfs/write.c
> +++ b/fs/nfs/write.c
> @@ -922,19 +922,20 @@ out:
> * extend the write to cover the entire page in order to avoid fragmentation
> * inefficiencies.
> *
> - * If the file is opened for synchronous writes or if we have a write delegation
> - * from the server then we can just skip the rest of the checks.
> + * If the file is opened for synchronous writes then we can just skip the rest
> + * of the checks.
> */
> static int nfs_can_extend_write(struct file *file, struct page *page, struct inode *inode)
> {
> if (file->f_flags & O_DSYNC)
> return 0;
> + if (!nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode))
> + return 0;
> if (NFS_PROTO(inode)->have_delegation(inode, FMODE_WRITE))
> return 1;
> - if (nfs_write_pageuptodate(page, inode) && (inode->i_flock == NULL ||
> - (inode->i_flock->fl_start == 0 &&
> + if (inode->i_flock == NULL || (inode->i_flock->fl_start == 0 &&
> inode->i_flock->fl_end == OFFSET_MAX &&
> - inode->i_flock->fl_type != F_RDLCK)))
> + inode->i_flock->fl_type != F_RDLCK))
> return 1;
> return 0;
> }

Makes sense. We can't extend the write unless we know that the page
is uptodate, or we'll potentially be writing uninitialized data.

Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>