Return-Path: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from fieldses.org ([174.143.236.118]:38453 "EHLO fieldses.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751431AbaGBVea (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Jul 2014 17:34:30 -0400 Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 17:34:28 -0400 From: Bruce Fields To: Trond Myklebust Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] nfsd: Ensure that nfsd_create_setattr commits files to stable storage Message-ID: <20140702213428.GE11510@fieldses.org> References: <1404253673-12676-1-git-send-email-trond.myklebust@primarydata.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <1404253673-12676-1-git-send-email-trond.myklebust@primarydata.com> Sender: linux-nfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Jul 01, 2014 at 06:27:53PM -0400, Trond Myklebust wrote: > Since nfsd_create_setattr strips the mode from the struct iattr, it > is quite possible that it will optimise away the call to nfsd_setattr > altogether. > If this is the case, then we never call commit_metadata() on the > newly created file. Thanks. Looks like a relatively rare problem that we've lived with for a while, so I'm inclined to just wait for 3.17, but it could also go to 3.16 and stable if you saw it as more urgent.... --b. > > Also ensure that both nfsd_setattr() and nfsd_create_setattr() fail > when the call to commit_metadata fails. > > Signed-off-by: Trond Myklebust > --- > fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 15 +++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c > index 140c496f612c..5fd9095268cb 100644 > --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c > +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c > @@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ out_put_write_access: > if (size_change) > put_write_access(inode); > if (!err) > - commit_metadata(fhp); > + err = commit_metadata(fhp); > out: > return err; > } > @@ -1121,7 +1121,8 @@ nfsd_create_setattr(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *resfhp, > iap->ia_valid &= ~(ATTR_UID|ATTR_GID); > if (iap->ia_valid) > return nfsd_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap, 0, (time_t)0); > - return 0; > + /* Callers expect file metadata to be committed here */ > + return commit_metadata(resfhp); > } > > /* HPUX client sometimes creates a file in mode 000, and sets size to 0. > @@ -1253,9 +1254,10 @@ nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, > err = nfsd_create_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap); > > /* > - * nfsd_setattr already committed the child. Transactional filesystems > - * had a chance to commit changes for both parent and child > - * simultaneously making the following commit_metadata a noop. > + * nfsd_create_setattr already committed the child. Transactional > + * filesystems had a chance to commit changes for both parent and > + * child * simultaneously making the following commit_metadata a > + * noop. > */ > err2 = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp)); > if (err2) > @@ -1426,7 +1428,8 @@ do_nfsd_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, > err = nfsd_create_setattr(rqstp, resfhp, iap); > > /* > - * nfsd_setattr already committed the child (and possibly also the parent). > + * nfsd_create_setattr already committed the child > + * (and possibly also the parent). > */ > if (!err) > err = nfserrno(commit_metadata(fhp)); > -- > 1.9.3 >