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hostfs: Fix only passing host root in boot stage with new mount

Message ID 20251011092235.29880-1-lihongbo22@huawei.com
State Handled Elsewhere
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Series hostfs: Fix only passing host root in boot stage with new mount | expand

Commit Message

Hongbo Li Oct. 11, 2025, 9:22 a.m. UTC
In the old mount proceedure, hostfs could only pass root directory during
boot. This is because it constructed the root directory using the @root_ino
event without any mount options. However, when using it with the new mount
API, this step is no longer triggered. As a result, if users mounts without
specifying any mount options, the @host_root_path remains uninitialized. To
prevent this issue, the @host_root_path should be initialized at the time
of allocation.

Reported-by: Geoffrey Thorpe <geoff@geoffthorpe.net>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/643333a0-f434-42fb-82ac-d25a0b56f3b7@geoffthorpe.net/
Fixes: cd140ce9f611 ("hostfs: convert hostfs to use the new mount API")
Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@huawei.com>
---
 fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Comments

Geoffrey Thorpe Oct. 12, 2025, 3:41 p.m. UTC | #1
(This time, responding in plain text so the list-server doesn't reject. 
oops.)

Yes, I've tested your patch and it has fixed the problem for me. Thanks


On 2025-10-11 05:22, Hongbo Li wrote:
> In the old mount proceedure, hostfs could only pass root directory during
> boot. This is because it constructed the root directory using the @root_ino
> event without any mount options. However, when using it with the new mount
> API, this step is no longer triggered. As a result, if users mounts without
> specifying any mount options, the @host_root_path remains uninitialized. To
> prevent this issue, the @host_root_path should be initialized at the time
> of allocation.
>
> Reported-by: Geoffrey Thorpe <geoff@geoffthorpe.net>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/643333a0-f434-42fb-82ac-d25a0b56f3b7@geoffthorpe.net/
> Fixes: cd140ce9f611 ("hostfs: convert hostfs to use the new mount API")
> Signed-off-by: Hongbo Li <lihongbo22@huawei.com>
> ---
>   fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>   1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> index 1e1acf5775ab..86455eebbf6c 100644
> --- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> +++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
> @@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
>   {
>   	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
>   	struct fs_parse_result result;
> -	char *host_root;
> +	char *host_root, *tmp_root;
>   	int opt;
>   
>   	opt = fs_parse(fc, hostfs_param_specs, param, &result);
> @@ -990,11 +990,13 @@ static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
>   	case Opt_hostfs:
>   		host_root = param->string;
>   		if (!*host_root)
> -			host_root = "";
> -		fsi->host_root_path =
> -			kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
> -		if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
> +			break;
> +		tmp_root = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s",
> +				     fsi->host_root_path, host_root);
> +		if (!tmp_root)
>   			return -ENOMEM;
> +		kfree(fsi->host_root_path);
> +		fsi->host_root_path = tmp_root;
>   		break;
>   	}
>   
> @@ -1004,17 +1006,17 @@ static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
>   static int hostfs_parse_monolithic(struct fs_context *fc, void *data)
>   {
>   	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
> -	char *host_root = (char *)data;
> +	char *tmp_root, *host_root = (char *)data;
>   
>   	/* NULL is printed as '(null)' by printf(): avoid that. */
>   	if (host_root == NULL)
> -		host_root = "";
> +		return 0;
>   
> -	fsi->host_root_path =
> -		kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
> -	if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
> +	tmp_root = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", fsi->host_root_path, host_root);
> +	if (!tmp_root)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
> -
> +	kfree(fsi->host_root_path);
> +	fsi->host_root_path = tmp_root;
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> @@ -1049,6 +1051,11 @@ static int hostfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
>   	if (!fsi)
>   		return -ENOMEM;
>   
> +	fsi->host_root_path = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/", root_ino);
> +	if (!fsi->host_root_path) {
> +		kfree(fsi);
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +	}
>   	fc->s_fs_info = fsi;
>   	fc->ops = &hostfs_context_ops;
>   	return 0;
Christian Brauner Oct. 21, 2025, 12:16 p.m. UTC | #2
On Sat, 11 Oct 2025 09:22:35 +0000, Hongbo Li wrote:
> In the old mount proceedure, hostfs could only pass root directory during
> boot. This is because it constructed the root directory using the @root_ino
> event without any mount options. However, when using it with the new mount
> API, this step is no longer triggered. As a result, if users mounts without
> specifying any mount options, the @host_root_path remains uninitialized. To
> prevent this issue, the @host_root_path should be initialized at the time
> of allocation.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] hostfs: Fix only passing host root in boot stage with new mount
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/590a4c70008c
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
index 1e1acf5775ab..86455eebbf6c 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs_kern.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@  static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
 {
 	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
 	struct fs_parse_result result;
-	char *host_root;
+	char *host_root, *tmp_root;
 	int opt;
 
 	opt = fs_parse(fc, hostfs_param_specs, param, &result);
@@ -990,11 +990,13 @@  static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
 	case Opt_hostfs:
 		host_root = param->string;
 		if (!*host_root)
-			host_root = "";
-		fsi->host_root_path =
-			kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
-		if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
+			break;
+		tmp_root = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s",
+				     fsi->host_root_path, host_root);
+		if (!tmp_root)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		kfree(fsi->host_root_path);
+		fsi->host_root_path = tmp_root;
 		break;
 	}
 
@@ -1004,17 +1006,17 @@  static int hostfs_parse_param(struct fs_context *fc, struct fs_parameter *param)
 static int hostfs_parse_monolithic(struct fs_context *fc, void *data)
 {
 	struct hostfs_fs_info *fsi = fc->s_fs_info;
-	char *host_root = (char *)data;
+	char *tmp_root, *host_root = (char *)data;
 
 	/* NULL is printed as '(null)' by printf(): avoid that. */
 	if (host_root == NULL)
-		host_root = "";
+		return 0;
 
-	fsi->host_root_path =
-		kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/%s", root_ino, host_root);
-	if (fsi->host_root_path == NULL)
+	tmp_root = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%s", fsi->host_root_path, host_root);
+	if (!tmp_root)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-
+	kfree(fsi->host_root_path);
+	fsi->host_root_path = tmp_root;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1049,6 +1051,11 @@  static int hostfs_init_fs_context(struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (!fsi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	fsi->host_root_path = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s/", root_ino);
+	if (!fsi->host_root_path) {
+		kfree(fsi);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 	fc->s_fs_info = fsi;
 	fc->ops = &hostfs_context_ops;
 	return 0;