Re:Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: Reduce the scope of setting fsck tag when de->name_len is zero

[李扬韬 <frank.li@vivo.com>]

HI Chao，

From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Date: 2021-07-20 18:23:15
To:  Yangtao Li <frank.li@vivo.com>,jaegeuk@kernel.org
Cc:  linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] f2fs: Reduce the scope of setting fsck tag when de->name_len is zero>On 2021/7/20 15:06, Yangtao Li wrote:
>> I recently found a case where de->name_len is 0 in f2fs_fill_dentries() easily reproduced,
>> and finally set the fsck flag.
>> 
>> Thread A					Thread B
>> 
>> f2fs_readdir
>> 	f2fs_read_inline_dir
>> 		ctx->pos = d.max
>> 						f2fs_add_dentry
>> 							f2fs_add_inline_entry
>> 								do_convert_inline_dir
>> 							f2fs_add_regular_entry
>> f2fs_readdir
>> 	f2fs_fill_dentries
>> 		set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK)
>> 
>> Process A opens the folder, and has been reading without closing it. During this period,
>> Process B created a file under the folder (occupying multiple f2fs_dir_entry, exceeding
>> the d.max of the inline dir). After creation, process A uses the d.max of inline dir to
>> read it again, and it will read that de->name_len is 0.
>> 
>> And Chao pointed out that w/o inline conversion, the race condition still can happen as below
>> 
>> dir_entry1: A
>> dir_entry2: B
>> dir_entry3: C
>> free slot: _
>> ctx->pos: ^
>> 
>> Before:
>> AAAABBBB___
>> 	 ^
>
>please use blank instead of tab before '^'

I don't know exactly what happened. In fact, in v2, spaces were used. Then it was changed to tab in v3.

>
>> Thread B delete dir_entry2, and create dir_entry3.
>> 
>> After:
>> AAAACCCCC__
>> 	 ^
>
>Ditto
>
>> 
>> In these scenarios, the file system is not damaged, and it's hard to avoid it. But we can bypass
>> tagging FSCK flag if:
>> a) bit_pos (:= ctx->pos % d->max) is non-zero & b) before bit_pos moves to first
>> valid dir_entry.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yangtao Li <frank.li@vivo.com>
>> ---
>>   fs/f2fs/dir.c | 14 +++++++++-----
>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
>> index 456651682daf..bfe942733b5e 100644
>> --- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
>> @@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ int f2fs_fill_dentries(struct dir_context *ctx, struct f2fs_dentry_ptr *d,
>>   	struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_I_SB(d->inode);
>>   	struct blk_plug plug;
>>   	bool readdir_ra = sbi->readdir_ra == 1;
>> +	bool found_valid_dirent  = false;
>
>One more blank before '='.
>
>bool found_valid_dirent = false;
>

OK.

Thx，