CacheFiles: Handle object being killed before being set up

If a cache object gets killed whilst in the process of being set up - for
instance if the netfs relinquishes the cookie that the object is associated
with - then the object's state machine will transit to the DROP_OBJECT state
without necessarily going through the LOOKUP_OBJECT or CREATE_OBJECT states.

This is a problem for CacheFiles because cachefiles_drop_object() assumes that
object->dentry will be set upon reaching the DROP_OBJECT state and has an
ASSERT() to that effect (see the oops below) - but object->dentry doesn't get
set until the LOOKUP_OBJECT or CREATE_OBJECT states (and not always then if
they fail).

To fix this, just make the dentry cleanup in cachefiles_drop_object()
conditional on the dentry actually being set and remove the assertion.

	CacheFiles: Assertion failed
	------------[ cut here ]------------
	kernel BUG at .../fs/cachefiles/namei.c:425!
	...
	Workqueue: fscache_object fscache_object_work_func [fscache]
	...
	RIP: ... cachefiles_delete_object+0xcd/0x110 [cachefiles]
	...
	Call Trace:
	 [<ffffffffa043280f>] ? cachefiles_drop_object+0xff/0x130 [cachefiles]
	 [<ffffffffa02ac511>] ? fscache_drop_object+0xd1/0x1d0 [fscache]
	 [<ffffffffa02ac697>] ? fscache_object_work_func+0x87/0x210 [fscache]
	 [<ffffffff81080635>] ? process_one_work+0x155/0x450
	 [<ffffffff81081c44>] ? worker_thread+0x114/0x370
	 [<ffffffff81081b30>] ? manage_workers.isra.21+0x2c0/0x2c0
	 [<ffffffff81087fcc>] ? kthread+0xbc/0xe0
	 [<ffffffff81087f10>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xa0/0xa0
	 [<ffffffff8150638c>] ? ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
	 [<ffffffff81087f10>] ? flush_kthread_worker+0xa0/0xa0

Reported-by: Manuel Schölling <manuel.schoelling@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cachefiles/interface.c b/fs/cachefiles/interface.c
index 584743d..1c7293c 100644
--- a/fs/cachefiles/interface.c
+++ b/fs/cachefiles/interface.c
@@ -268,20 +268,27 @@ static void cachefiles_drop_object(struct fscache_object *_object)
 	ASSERT((atomic_read(&object->usage) & 0xffff0000) != 0x6b6b0000);
 #endif
 
-	/* delete retired objects */
-	if (test_bit(FSCACHE_OBJECT_RETIRED, &object->fscache.flags) &&
-	    _object != cache->cache.fsdef
-	    ) {
-		_debug("- retire object OBJ%x", object->fscache.debug_id);
-		cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred);
-		cachefiles_delete_object(cache, object);
-		cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
-	}
+	/* We need to tidy the object up if we did in fact manage to open it.
+	 * It's possible for us to get here before the object is fully
+	 * initialised if the parent goes away or the object gets retired
+	 * before we set it up.
+	 */
+	if (object->dentry) {
+		/* delete retired objects */
+		if (test_bit(FSCACHE_OBJECT_RETIRED, &object->fscache.flags) &&
+		    _object != cache->cache.fsdef
+		    ) {
+			_debug("- retire object OBJ%x", object->fscache.debug_id);
+			cachefiles_begin_secure(cache, &saved_cred);
+			cachefiles_delete_object(cache, object);
+			cachefiles_end_secure(cache, saved_cred);
+		}
 
-	/* close the filesystem stuff attached to the object */
-	if (object->backer != object->dentry)
-		dput(object->backer);
-	object->backer = NULL;
+		/* close the filesystem stuff attached to the object */
+		if (object->backer != object->dentry)
+			dput(object->backer);
+		object->backer = NULL;
+	}
 
 	/* note that the object is now inactive */
 	if (test_bit(CACHEFILES_OBJECT_ACTIVE, &object->flags)) {