[PATCH] hostfs: Fix only passing host root in boot stage with new mount
Hongbo Li
lihongbo22 at huawei.com
Sat Oct 11 02:22:35 PDT 2025
In the old mount proceedure, hostfs could only pass root directory during
boot. This is because it constructed the root directory using the @root_ino
event without any mount options. However, when using it with the new mount
API, this step is no longer triggered. As a result, if users mounts without
specifying any mount options, the @host_root_path remains uninitialized. To
prevent this issue, the @host_root_path should be initialized at the time
of allocation.
Reported-by: Geoffrey Thorpe <geoff at geoffthorpe.net>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/643333a0-f434-42fb-82ac-d25a0b56f3b7@geoffthorpe.net/
Fixes: cd140ce9f611 ("hostfs: convert hostfs to use the new mount API")
Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22 at huawei.com>
---
fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 1e1acf5775ab..86455eebbf6c 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
{
struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
struct fs_parse_result result;
- char *host_root;
+ char *host_root, *tmp_root;
int opt;
opt = fs_parse(fc, hostfs_param_specs, param, &result);
@@ -990,11 +990,13 @@ static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
case Opt_hostfs:
host_root = param->string;
if (!*host_root)
- host_root = "";
- fsi->host_root_path =
- kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
- if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
+ break;
+ tmp_root = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s",
+ fsi->host_root_path, host_root);
+ if (!tmp_root)
return -ENOMEM;
+ kfree(fsi->host_root_path);
+ fsi->host_root_path = tmp_root;
break;
}
@@ -1004,17 +1006,17 @@ static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
static int hostfs_parse_monolithic(struct fs_context *fc, void *data)
{
struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
- char *host_root = (char *)data;
+ char *tmp_root, *host_root = (char *)data;
/* NULL is printed as '(null)' by printf(): avoid that. */
if (host_root == NULL)
- host_root = "";
+ return 0;
- fsi->host_root_path =
- kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
- if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
+ tmp_root = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", fsi->host_root_path, host_root);
+ if (!tmp_root)
return -ENOMEM;
-
+ kfree(fsi->host_root_path);
+ fsi->host_root_path = tmp_root;
return 0;
}
@@ -1049,6 +1051,11 @@ static int hostfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
if (!fsi)
return -ENOMEM;
+ fsi->host_root_path = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/", root_ino);
+ if (!fsi->host_root_path) {
+ kfree(fsi);
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
fc->s_fs_info = fsi;
fc->ops = &hostfs_context_ops;
return 0;
--
2.22.0
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