[PATCH v4 2/2] cifs: fix cifsFileInfo leak on kmalloc failure in deferred close drain paths
Frank Sorenson <[email protected]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 18:55:52 -0500
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-cifs |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
In cifs_close_deferred_file(), cifs_close_all_deferred_files(), and
cifs_close_deferred_file_under_dentry(), when a pending deferred close
is cancelled via cancel_delayed_work(), the subsequent kmalloc_obj() to
add the file to the local processing list may fail under memory pressure.
The loop breaks immediately, but the cancelled work is no longer pending
(it would have called _cifsFileInfo_put()), and the cfile is never added
to file_head for processing. The cifsFileInfo reference and the open
server handle both leak.
Fix by saving the cfile that failed allocation in a local variable,
breaking as before, and calling _cifsFileInfo_put() on it after
releasing the lock. Any files later in the iteration are unaffected
since their deferred work is still pending and will fire normally.
Fixes: e3fc065682eb ("cifs: Deferred close performance improvements")
Signed-off-by: Frank Sorenson <[email protected]>
---
--- a/fs/smb/client/misc.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/misc.c
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@
void
cifs_close_deferred_file(struct cifsInodeInfo *cifs_inode)
{
- struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = NULL;
+ struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = NULL, *failed_cfile = NULL;
struct file_list *tmp_list, *tmp_next_list;
LIST_HEAD(file_head);
@@ -514,8 +514,10 @@
tmp_list = kmalloc_obj(struct file_list,
GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (tmp_list == NULL)
+ if (tmp_list == NULL) {
+ failed_cfile = cfile;
break;
+ }
tmp_list->cfile = cfile;
list_add_tail(&tmp_list->list, &file_head);
}
@@ -523,6 +525,15 @@
}
spin_unlock(&cifs_inode->open_file_lock);
+ if (failed_cfile) {
+ if (OPEN_FMODE(failed_cfile->f_flags) & FMODE_WRITE) {
+ /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
+ smp_store_release(&CIFS_I(d_inode(failed_cfile->dentry))->time_last_write,
+ jiffies);
+ }
+ _cifsFileInfo_put(failed_cfile, false, false);
+ }
+
list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_list, tmp_next_list, &file_head, list) {
struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = tmp_list->cfile;
@@ -540,7 +551,7 @@
void
cifs_close_all_deferred_files(struct cifs_tcon *tcon)
{
- struct cifsFileInfo *cfile;
+ struct cifsFileInfo *cfile, *failed_cfile = NULL;
struct file_list *tmp_list, *tmp_next_list;
LIST_HEAD(file_head);
@@ -554,8 +565,10 @@
tmp_list = kmalloc_obj(struct file_list,
GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (tmp_list == NULL)
+ if (tmp_list == NULL) {
+ failed_cfile = cfile;
break;
+ }
tmp_list->cfile = cfile;
list_add_tail(&tmp_list->list, &file_head);
}
@@ -563,6 +576,15 @@
}
spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
+ if (failed_cfile) {
+ if (OPEN_FMODE(failed_cfile->f_flags) & FMODE_WRITE) {
+ /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
+ smp_store_release(&CIFS_I(d_inode(failed_cfile->dentry))->time_last_write,
+ jiffies);
+ }
+ _cifsFileInfo_put(failed_cfile, true, false);
+ }
+
list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_list, tmp_next_list, &file_head, list) {
struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = tmp_list->cfile;
@@ -618,7 +640,7 @@
struct dentry *dentry)
{
struct file_list *tmp_list, *tmp_next_list;
- struct cifsFileInfo *cfile;
+ struct cifsFileInfo *cfile, *failed_cfile = NULL;
LIST_HEAD(file_head);
spin_lock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
@@ -631,14 +653,25 @@
spin_unlock(&CIFS_I(d_inode(cfile->dentry))->deferred_lock);
tmp_list = kmalloc_obj(struct file_list, GFP_ATOMIC);
- if (tmp_list == NULL)
+ if (tmp_list == NULL) {
+ failed_cfile = cfile;
break;
+ }
tmp_list->cfile = cfile;
list_add_tail(&tmp_list->list, &file_head);
}
}
spin_unlock(&tcon->open_file_lock);
+ if (failed_cfile) {
+ if (OPEN_FMODE(failed_cfile->f_flags) & FMODE_WRITE) {
+ /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
+ smp_store_release(&CIFS_I(d_inode(failed_cfile->dentry))->time_last_write,
+ jiffies);
+ }
+ _cifsFileInfo_put(failed_cfile, true, false);
+ }
+
list_for_each_entry_safe(tmp_list, tmp_next_list, &file_head, list) {
struct cifsFileInfo *cfile = tmp_list->cfile;
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