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Al Viro 35bda158da fix proc_sys_compare() handling of in-lookup dentries 
[ Upstream commit b969f96148 ]

There's one case where ->d_compare() can be called for an in-lookup
dentry; usually that's nothing special from ->d_compare() point of
view, but... proc_sys_compare() is weird.

The thing is, /proc/sys subdirectories can look differently for
different processes.  Up to and including having the same name
resolve to different dentries - all of them hashed.

The way it's done is ->d_compare() refusing to admit a match unless
this dentry is supposed to be visible to this caller.  The information
needed to discriminate between them is stored in inode; it is set
during proc_sys_lookup() and until it's done d_splice_alias() we really
can't tell who should that dentry be visible for.

Normally there's no negative dentries in /proc/sys; we can run into
a dying dentry in RCU dcache lookup, but those can be safely rejected.

However, ->d_compare() is also called for in-lookup dentries, before
they get positive - or hashed, for that matter.  In case of match
we will wait until dentry leaves in-lookup state and repeat ->d_compare()
afterwards.  In other words, the right behaviour is to treat the
name match as sufficient for in-lookup dentries; if dentry is not
for us, we'll see that when we recheck once proc_sys_lookup() is
done with it.

While we are at it, fix the misspelled READ_ONCE and WRITE_ONCE there.

Fixes: d9171b9345 ("parallel lookups machinery, part 4 (and last)")
Reported-by: NeilBrown <neilb@brown.name>
Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2025-07-17 18:37:04 +02:00
arch crypto: s390/sha - Fix uninitialized variable in SHA-1 and SHA-2 2025-07-17 18:37:01 +02:00
block block: Clear BIO_EMULATES_ZONE_APPEND flag on BIO completion 2025-06-27 11:11:19 +01:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto crypto: api - Redo lookup on EEXIST 2025-06-19 15:31:30 +02:00
Documentation x86/bugs: Add a Transient Scheduler Attacks mitigation 2025-07-10 16:05:14 +02:00
drivers pinctrl: amd: Clear GPIO debounce for suspend 2025-07-17 18:37:04 +02:00
fs fix proc_sys_compare() handling of in-lookup dentries 2025-07-17 18:37:04 +02:00
include ASoC: soc-acpi: add get_function_tplg_files ops 2025-07-17 18:37:02 +02:00
init rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's unnecessary_transmutes lint 2025-05-18 08:24:51 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: flag partial buffer mappings 2025-07-06 11:01:48 +02:00
ipc ipc: fix to protect IPCS lookups using RCU 2025-06-27 11:11:22 +01:00
kernel perf: Revert to requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobes 2025-07-17 18:37:03 +02:00
lib ubsan: integer-overflow: depend on BROKEN to keep this out of CI 2025-07-10 16:05:01 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm mm: userfaultfd: fix race of userfaultfd_move and swap cache 2025-07-10 16:05:14 +02:00
net Bluetooth: hci_event: Fix not marking Broadcast Sink BIS as connected 2025-07-17 18:37:03 +02:00
rust rust: arm: fix unknown (to Clang) argument '-mno-fdpic' 2025-07-06 11:01:33 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix compilation failure for samples/bpf on LoongArch Fedora 2025-05-29 11:02:01 +02:00
scripts rust: compile libcore with edition 2024 for 1.87+ 2025-06-27 11:11:40 +01:00
security selinux: change security_compute_sid to return the ssid or tsid on match 2025-07-10 16:05:04 +02:00
sound ASoC: cs35l56: probe() should fail if the device ID is not recognized 2025-07-17 18:37:03 +02:00
tools kunit: qemu_configs: Disable faulting tests on 32-bit SPARC 2025-07-10 16:04:55 +02:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-13 13:02:18 +01:00
virt KVM: Add member to struct kvm_gfn_range to indicate private/shared 2025-05-22 14:29:36 +02:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: clean Rust 1.88.0's warning about clippy::disallowed_macros configuration 2025-05-18 08:24:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore Add Jeff Kirsher to .get_maintainer.ignore 2024-03-08 11:36:54 +00:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
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.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: Remove self from DSA entry 2024-11-03 12:52:38 -08:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: Update Alexey Makhalov's email address 2025-05-22 14:29:46 +02:00
Makefile Linux 6.12.38 2025-07-14 16:02:59 +02:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.