[PATCH 1/2] ubifs: Fix races between xattr_{set|get} and listxattr operations

[Sascha Hauer]

Hi,

On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 08:52:09PM +0800, Zhihao Cheng wrote:
> UBIFS may occur some problems with concurrent xattr_{set|get} and
> listxattr operations, such as assertion failure, memory corruption,
> stale xattr value[1].
> 
> Fix it by importing a new rw-lock in @ubifs_inode to serilize write
> operations on xattr, concurrent read operations are still effective,
> just like ext4.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mtd/20200630130438.141649-1-houtao1@huawei.com

I had a closer look at it and reviewed that you carefully release the
lock where you claimed it. I can't tell if adding this lock is the right
approach, but for what it's worth you can add my

Reviewed-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>

> --- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
> @@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ struct ubifs_gced_idx_leb {
>   * @ui_mutex: serializes inode write-back with the rest of VFS operations,
>   *            serializes "clean <-> dirty" state changes, serializes bulk-read,
>   *            protects @dirty, @bulk_read, @ui_size, and @xattr_size
> + * @xattr_sem: serilizes write operations (remove|set|create) on xattr

s/serilizes/serializes/

Sascha

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