[CRIU] [SRU][F][G][H][PATCH v2] UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: fix incorrect mnt_id of files opened from map_files

Christian Brauner christian.brauner at ubuntu.com
Tue Apr 27 12:46:56 MSK 2021


On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:11:21AM +0300, alexander at mihalicyn.com wrote:
> From: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander at mihalicyn.com>
> 
> BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1857257
> 
> The hack was introduced in ("UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: allow with
> shiftfs as underlay") and it broke checkpoint/restore of docker
> contains:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1857257
> 
> The following script can be used to trigger the issue:
>   #!/bin/bash
> 
>   cat > test.py << EOF
>   import sys
> 
>   f = open("/proc/self/maps")
> 
>   for l in f.readlines():
>     if "python" not in l:
>       continue
>     print(l)
>     s = l.split()
>     start, end = s[0].split("-")
>     fname = s[-1]
>     print(start, end, fname)
>     break
>   else:
>     sys.exit(1)
> 
>   test_file1 = open(fname)
>   test_file2 = open("/proc/self/map_files/%s-%s" % (start, end))
> 
>   fdinfo1 = open("/proc/self/fdinfo/%d" % test_file1.fileno()).read()
>   fdinfo2 = open("/proc/self/fdinfo/%d" % test_file2.fileno()).read()
> 
>   if fdinfo1 != fdinfo2:
>     print("FAIL")
>     print(test_file1)
>     print(fdinfo1)
>     print(test_file2)
>     print(fdinfo2)
>     sys.exit(1)
>   print("PASS")
>   EOF
>   sudo docker run -it --privileged --rm -v `pwd`:/mnt python python /mnt/test.py
> 
> Thanks to Andrei Vagin for the reproducer and investigation of this problem.
> 
> Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin at gmail.com>
> Cc: Adrian Reber <areber at redhat.com>
> Cc: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner at ubuntu.com>
> Cc: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>
> Cc: Kleber Sacilotto de Souza <kleber.souza at canonical.com>
> Cc: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski at canonical.com>
> 
> Fixes: d24b8a5 ("UBUNTU: SAUCE: overlayfs: allow with shiftfs as underlay")
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Mikhalitsyn <alexander at mihalicyn.com>
> ---

Hey,

Thanks for the patch!
Fwiw, Andrei already tried to fix this a while ago but it caused another
regression which forced us to revert the fix for this issue.

>  fs/overlayfs/file.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/file.c b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> index 0d3ea0cf3e98..5fa520d0798e 100644
> --- a/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> +++ b/fs/overlayfs/file.c
> @@ -325,6 +325,18 @@ static int ovl_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> +/* handle vma->vm_prfile */
> +static void ovl_vm_prfile_set(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +			      struct file *file)
> +{
> +	get_file(file);
> +	vma->vm_prfile = file;
> +#ifndef CONFIG_MMU
> +	get_file(file);
> +	vma->vm_region->vm_prfile = file;
> +#endif
> +}

I'm confused struct vm_area_struct doesn't have a vm_prfile entry. Can
you explain, please?

> +
>  static int ovl_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  {
>  	struct file *realfile = file->private_data;
> @@ -351,6 +363,23 @@ static int ovl_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>  		vma->vm_file = file;
>  		fput(realfile);
>  	} else {
> +		/*
> +		 * In map_files_get_link() (fs/proc/base.c)
> +		 * we need to determine correct path from overlayfs.
> +		 * But real_mount(realfile->f_path.mnt) may be not
> +		 * equal to real_mount(file->f_path.mnt). In such case
> +		 * fdinfo of the same file which was opened from
> +		 * /proc/<pid>/map_files/... and "usual" path
> +		 * will show different mnt_id.
> +		 *
> +		 * We solve issue like in aufs by using additional
> +		 * field on struct vm_area_struct called "vm_prfile"
> +		 * which is used only for fdinfo/"printing" needs.
> +		 *
> +		 * See also mm/prfile.c
> +		 */
> +		ovl_vm_prfile_set(vma, file);
> +
>  		/* Drop reference count from previous vm_file value */
>  		fput(file);
>  	}
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 


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