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    xfs: reinit btree pointer on attr tree inactivation walk · f35c5e10
    Brian Foster authored
    
    
    xfs_attr3_root_inactive() walks the attr fork tree to invalidate the
    associated blocks. xfs_attr3_node_inactive() recursively descends
    from internal blocks to leaf blocks, caching block address values
    along the way to revisit parent blocks, locate the next entry and
    descend down that branch of the tree.
    
    The code that attempts to reread the parent block is unsafe because
    it assumes that the local xfs_da_node_entry pointer remains valid
    after an xfs_trans_brelse() and re-read of the parent buffer. Under
    heavy memory pressure, it is possible that the buffer has been
    reclaimed and reallocated by the time the parent block is reread.
    This means that 'btree' can point to an invalid memory address, lead
    to a random/garbage value for child_fsb and cause the subsequent
    read of the attr fork to go off the rails and return a NULL buffer
    for an attr fork offset that is most likely not allocated.
    
    Note that this problem can be manufactured by setting
    XFS_ATTR_BTREE_REF to 0 to prevent LRU caching of attr buffers,
    creating a file with a multi-level attr fork and removing it to
    trigger inactivation.
    
    To address this problem, reinit the node/btree pointers to the
    parent buffer after it has been re-read. This ensures btree points
    to a valid record and allows the walk to proceed.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBrian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarDarrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDarrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
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