[v2,1/7] tracefs: Zero out the tracefs_inode when allocating it
Commit Message
From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@goodmis.org>
eventfs uses the tracefs_inode and assumes that it's already initialized
to zero. That is, it doesn't set fields to zero (like ti->private) after
getting its tracefs_inode. This causes bugs due to stale values.
Just initialize the entire structure to zero on allocation so there isn't
any more surprises.
This is a partial fix to access to ti->private. The assignment still needs
to be made before the dentry is instantiated.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 5790b1fb3d672 ("eventfs: Remove eventfs_file and just use eventfs_inode")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@intel.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202401291043.e62e89dc-oliver.sang@intel.com
Suggested-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
Changes since last version: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240130230612.377a1933@gandalf.local.home/
- Moved vfs_inode to top of tracefs_inode structure so that the rest can
be initialized with memset_after() as the vfs_inode portion is already
cleared with a memset() itself in inode_init_once().
fs/tracefs/inode.c | 6 ++++--
fs/tracefs/internal.h | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ static struct inode *tracefs_alloc_inode(struct super_block *sb)
if (!ti)
return NULL;
- ti->flags = 0;
-
return &ti->vfs_inode;
}
@@ -779,7 +777,11 @@ static void init_once(void *foo)
{
struct tracefs_inode *ti = (struct tracefs_inode *) foo;
+ /* inode_init_once() calls memset() on the vfs_inode portion */
inode_init_once(&ti->vfs_inode);
+
+ /* Zero out the rest */
+ memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode);
}
static int __init tracefs_init(void)
@@ -11,9 +11,10 @@ enum {
};
struct tracefs_inode {
+ struct inode vfs_inode;
+ /* The below gets initialized with memset_after(ti, 0, vfs_inode) */
unsigned long flags;
void *private;
- struct inode vfs_inode;
};
/*