Eric W. Biederman 2fd1d2c4ce proc: Fix proc_sys_prune_dcache to hold a sb reference
Andrei Vagin writes:
FYI: This bug has been reproduced on 4.11.7
> BUG: Dentry ffff895a3dd01240{i=4e7c09a,n=lo}  still in use (1) [unmount of proc proc]
> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 13588 at fs/dcache.c:1445 umount_check+0x6e/0x80
> CPU: 1 PID: 13588 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted 4.11.7-200.fc25.x86_64 #1
> Hardware name: CompuLab sbc-flt1/fitlet, BIOS SBCFLT_0.08.04 06/27/2015
> Workqueue: events proc_cleanup_work
> Call Trace:
>  dump_stack+0x63/0x86
>  __warn+0xcb/0xf0
>  warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
>  umount_check+0x6e/0x80
>  d_walk+0xc6/0x270
>  ? dentry_free+0x80/0x80
>  do_one_tree+0x26/0x40
>  shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2d/0x90
>  generic_shutdown_super+0x1f/0xf0
>  kill_anon_super+0x12/0x20
>  proc_kill_sb+0x40/0x50
>  deactivate_locked_super+0x43/0x70
>  deactivate_super+0x5a/0x60
>  cleanup_mnt+0x3f/0x90
>  mntput_no_expire+0x13b/0x190
>  kern_unmount+0x3e/0x50
>  pid_ns_release_proc+0x15/0x20
>  proc_cleanup_work+0x15/0x20
>  process_one_work+0x197/0x450
>  worker_thread+0x4e/0x4a0
>  kthread+0x109/0x140
>  ? process_one_work+0x450/0x450
>  ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90
>  ret_from_fork+0x2c/0x40
> ---[ end trace e1c109611e5d0b41 ]---
> VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of proc. Self-destruct in 5 seconds.  Have a nice day...
> BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at           (null)
> IP: _raw_spin_lock+0xc/0x30
> PGD 0

Fix this by taking a reference to the super block in proc_sys_prune_dcache.

The superblock reference is the core of the fix however the sysctl_inodes
list is converted to a hlist so that hlist_del_init_rcu may be used.  This
allows proc_sys_prune_dache to remove inodes the sysctl_inodes list, while
not causing problems for proc_sys_evict_inode when if it later choses to
remove the inode from the sysctl_inodes list.  Removing inodes from the
sysctl_inodes list allows proc_sys_prune_dcache to have a progress
guarantee, while still being able to drop all locks.  The fact that
head->unregistering is set in start_unregistering ensures that no more
inodes will be added to the the sysctl_inodes list.

Previously the code did a dance where it delayed calling iput until the
next entry in the list was being considered to ensure the inode remained on
the sysctl_inodes list until the next entry was walked to.  The structure
of the loop in this patch does not need that so is much easier to
understand and maintain.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@openvz.org>
Fixes: ace0c791e6 ("proc/sysctl: Don't grab i_lock under sysctl_lock.")
Fixes: d6cffbbe9a ("proc/sysctl: prune stale dentries during unregistering")
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
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