On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 04:41:04PM +0100, viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk wrote: > On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 06:33:53PM +0530, Maneesh Soni wrote: > > [snip] > > > @@ -167,10 +175,14 @@ void sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k > > parent = kobj->parent->dentry; > > > > down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem); > > - > > new_dentry = sysfs_get_dentry(parent, new_name); > > - d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry); > > - kobject_set_name(kobj,new_name); > > + if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) { > > + down_write(&sysfs_rename_sem); > > + d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry); > > + kobject_set_name(kobj,new_name); > > + up_write(&sysfs_rename_sem); > > + dput(new_dentry); > > + } > > up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem); > > } > > I would probably lift that rwsem all way up - in front of any other locks > in sysfs_rename_dir(). Note that kobject_set_name() can very well lead to > allocations, so just to make the lock hierarchy cleaner... Another thing: > please, check that new_dentry is negative here. Other than that, I've > got no problems with the patch. Ok... the corrected patch is appended. But I see more work to be done here which if required can be done as a patch over this one which is not related to sysfs symlinks. Please see the next mail. Thanks Maneesh o The symlinks code in sysfs doesnot point to the correct target kobject whenever target kobject is renamed and suffers from dangling symlinks if target kobject is removed. o The following patch implements ->readlink and ->follow_link operations for sysfs instead of using the page_symlink_inode_operations. The pointer to target kobject is saved in the link dentry's d_fsdata field. The target path is generated everytime we do ->readlink and ->follow_link. This results in generating the correct target path during readlink and follow_link operations inspite of renamed target kobject. o This also pins the target kobject during link creation and the ref. is released when the link is removed. o Apart from being correct this patch also saves some memory by not pinning a whole page for saving the target information. o Used a rw_semaphor sysfs_rename_sem to avoid clashing with renaming of ancestors while the target path is generated. o Used dcache_lock in fs/sysfs/sysfs.h:sysfs_get_kobject() because of using d_drop() while removing dentries. fs/sysfs/dir.c | 22 +++++++- fs/sysfs/inode.c | 7 ++ fs/sysfs/symlink.c | 135 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------- fs/sysfs/sysfs.h | 7 +- 4 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 48 deletions(-) diff -upN reference/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h current/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h --- reference/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h 2004-05-09 13:45:22.000000000 -0700 +++ current/fs/sysfs/sysfs.h 2004-05-09 13:45:22.000000000 -0700 @@ -12,15 +12,18 @@ extern void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct extern int sysfs_create_subdir(struct kobject *, const char *, struct dentry **); extern void sysfs_remove_subdir(struct dentry *); +extern int sysfs_readlink(struct dentry *, char __user *, int ); +extern int sysfs_follow_link(struct dentry *, struct nameidata *); +extern struct rw_semaphore sysfs_rename_sem; static inline struct kobject *sysfs_get_kobject(struct dentry *dentry) { struct kobject * kobj = NULL; - spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); + spin_lock(&dcache_lock); if (!d_unhashed(dentry)) kobj = kobject_get(dentry->d_fsdata); - spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); + spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); return kobj; } diff -upN reference/fs/sysfs/dir.c current/fs/sysfs/dir.c --- reference/fs/sysfs/dir.c 2004-04-07 14:54:31.000000000 -0700 +++ current/fs/sysfs/dir.c 2004-05-09 13:45:22.000000000 -0700 @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ #include #include "sysfs.h" +DECLARE_RWSEM(sysfs_rename_sem); + static int init_dir(struct inode * inode) { inode->i_op = &simple_dir_inode_operations; @@ -134,8 +136,14 @@ restart: /** * Unlink and unhash. */ + __d_drop(d); spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); - d_delete(d); + /* release the target kobject in case of + * a symlink + */ + if (S_ISLNK(d->d_inode->i_mode)) + kobject_put(d->d_fsdata); + simple_unlink(dentry->d_inode,d); dput(d); pr_debug(" done\n"); @@ -164,14 +172,20 @@ void sysfs_rename_dir(struct kobject * k if (!kobj->parent) return; + down_write(&sysfs_rename_sem); parent = kobj->parent->dentry; down(&parent->d_inode->i_sem); - new_dentry = sysfs_get_dentry(parent, new_name); - d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry); - kobject_set_name(kobj,new_name); + if (!IS_ERR(new_dentry)) { + if (!new_dentry->d_inode) { + d_move(kobj->dentry, new_dentry); + kobject_set_name(kobj,new_name); + } + dput(new_dentry); + } up(&parent->d_inode->i_sem); + up_write(&sysfs_rename_sem); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_create_dir); diff -upN reference/fs/sysfs/inode.c current/fs/sysfs/inode.c --- reference/fs/sysfs/inode.c 2003-10-01 11:47:05.000000000 -0700 +++ current/fs/sysfs/inode.c 2004-05-09 13:45:22.000000000 -0700 @@ -96,7 +96,12 @@ void sysfs_hash_and_remove(struct dentry pr_debug("sysfs: Removing %s (%d)\n", victim->d_name.name, atomic_read(&victim->d_count)); - d_delete(victim); + d_drop(victim); + /* release the target kobject in case of + * a symlink + */ + if (S_ISLNK(victim->d_inode->i_mode)) + kobject_put(victim->d_fsdata); simple_unlink(dir->d_inode,victim); } /* diff -upN reference/fs/sysfs/symlink.c current/fs/sysfs/symlink.c --- reference/fs/sysfs/symlink.c 2004-04-30 11:23:44.000000000 -0700 +++ current/fs/sysfs/symlink.c 2004-05-09 13:45:22.000000000 -0700 @@ -8,27 +8,17 @@ #include "sysfs.h" +static struct inode_operations sysfs_symlink_inode_operations = { + .readlink = sysfs_readlink, + .follow_link = sysfs_follow_link, +}; static int init_symlink(struct inode * inode) { - inode->i_op = &page_symlink_inode_operations; + inode->i_op = &sysfs_symlink_inode_operations; return 0; } -static int sysfs_symlink(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, const char * symname) -{ - int error; - - error = sysfs_create(dentry, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, init_symlink); - if (!error) { - int l = strlen(symname)+1; - error = page_symlink(dentry->d_inode, symname, l); - if (error) - iput(dentry->d_inode); - } - return error; -} - static int object_depth(struct kobject * kobj) { struct kobject * p = kobj; @@ -74,37 +64,20 @@ int sysfs_create_link(struct kobject * k struct dentry * dentry = kobj->dentry; struct dentry * d; int error = 0; - int size; - int depth; - char * path; - char * s; - - depth = object_depth(kobj); - size = object_path_length(target) + depth * 3 - 1; - if (size > PATH_MAX) - return -ENAMETOOLONG; - pr_debug("%s: depth = %d, size = %d\n",__FUNCTION__,depth,size); - - path = kmalloc(size,GFP_KERNEL); - if (!path) - return -ENOMEM; - memset(path,0,size); - - for (s = path; depth--; s += 3) - strcpy(s,"../"); - - fill_object_path(target,path,size); - pr_debug("%s: path = '%s'\n",__FUNCTION__,path); down(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem); d = sysfs_get_dentry(dentry,name); - if (!IS_ERR(d)) - error = sysfs_symlink(dentry->d_inode,d,path); - else + if (!IS_ERR(d)) { + error = sysfs_create(d, S_IFLNK|S_IRWXUGO, init_symlink); + if (!error) + /* + * associate the link dentry with the target kobject + */ + d->d_fsdata = kobject_get(target); + dput(d); + } else error = PTR_ERR(d); - dput(d); up(&dentry->d_inode->i_sem); - kfree(path); return error; } @@ -120,6 +93,86 @@ void sysfs_remove_link(struct kobject * sysfs_hash_and_remove(kobj->dentry,name); } +static int sysfs_get_target_path(struct kobject * kobj, struct kobject * target, + char *path) +{ + char * s; + int depth, size; + + depth = object_depth(kobj); + size = object_path_length(target) + depth * 3 - 1; + if (size > PATH_MAX) + return -ENAMETOOLONG; + + pr_debug("%s: depth = %d, size = %d\n", __FUNCTION__, depth, size); + + for (s = path; depth--; s += 3) + strcpy(s,"../"); + + fill_object_path(target, path, size); + pr_debug("%s: path = '%s'\n", __FUNCTION__, path); + + return 0; +} + +static int sysfs_getlink(struct dentry *dentry, char * path) +{ + struct kobject *kobj, *target_kobj; + int error = 0; + + kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(dentry->d_parent); + if (!kobj) + return -EINVAL; + + target_kobj = sysfs_get_kobject(dentry); + if (!target_kobj) { + kobject_put(kobj); + return -EINVAL; + } + + down_read(&sysfs_rename_sem); + error = sysfs_get_target_path(kobj, target_kobj, path); + up_read(&sysfs_rename_sem); + + kobject_put(kobj); + kobject_put(target_kobj); + return error; + +} + +int sysfs_readlink(struct dentry *dentry, char __user *buffer, int buflen) +{ + int error = 0; + unsigned long page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); + + if (!page) + return -ENOMEM; + + error = sysfs_getlink(dentry, (char *) page); + if (!error) + error = vfs_readlink(dentry, buffer, buflen, (char *) page); + + free_page(page); + + return error; +} + +int sysfs_follow_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct nameidata *nd) +{ + int error = 0; + unsigned long page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); + + if (!page) + return -ENOMEM; + + error = sysfs_getlink(dentry, (char *) page); + if (!error) + error = vfs_follow_link(nd, (char *) page); + + free_page(page); + + return error; +} EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_create_link); EXPORT_SYMBOL(sysfs_remove_link);