[PATCH 2/2] cifs: fix time_last_write stamp placement in setattr/truncate paths
Frank Sorenson <[email protected]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:30:36 -0500
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-cifs |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
cifs_file_set_size() calls cifs_setsize() on success, which calls
i_size_write(), updating i_size to the new value. The subsequent
check attrs->ia_size != i_size_read() in both cifs_setattr_unix()
and cifs_setattr_nounix() therefore always evaluates false after a
successful cifs_file_set_size(), making the smp_store_release() of
time_last_write dead code. The truncate path was unprotected against
stale readdir size updates.
Move the stamp to before the cifs_file_set_size() RPC call, guarded
by attrs->ia_size != i_size_read() to exclude no-op same-size
ftruncate(2) calls from stamping time_last_write unnecessarily.
On the error path the stamp remains rather than being restored:
restoring a stale snapshot (prev_tlw) could silently erase a
concurrent _cifsFileInfo_put() close stamp if that close arrived
between the READ_ONCE and the smp_store_release. readdir is
suppressed until the stamp expires, which extends beyond one acregmax
if the caller retries failed truncations. stat() is unaffected: the
cifs_revalidate_dentry_attr() path calls cifs_fattr_to_inode() with
from_readdir=false, which bypasses the time_last_write check in
is_size_safe_to_change() entirely and always writes the authoritative
QUERY_INFO result to i_size.
Remove the now-unreachable stamp from the dead block in both functions.
Fixes: e8a8d54c2d50 ("cifs: prevent readdir from changing file size due to stale directory metadata")
Signed-off-by: Frank Sorenson <[email protected]>
---
fs/smb/client/inode.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/inode.c b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
index b2806371bfde..808085eb0cdc 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/inode.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/inode.c
@@ -3190,6 +3190,17 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
rc = 0;
if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+ if (attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+ /* Stamp before RPC. On failure the stamp remains: restoring a
+ * stale snapshot could silently erase a concurrent
+ * _cifsFileInfo_put() close stamp. readdir is suppressed
+ * until the stamp expires; stat() bypasses this via the
+ * from_readdir=false path in is_size_safe_to_change() and
+ * always returns an authoritative QUERY_INFO result.
+ * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change().
+ */
+ smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
+ }
rc = cifs_file_set_size(xid, direntry, full_path,
open_file, attrs->ia_size);
if (rc != 0)
@@ -3279,8 +3290,6 @@ cifs_setattr_unix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
- /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
- smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
truncate_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
netfs_resize_file(&cifsInode->netfs, attrs->ia_size, true);
fscache_resize_cookie(cifs_inode_cookie(inode), attrs->ia_size);
@@ -3370,6 +3379,17 @@ cifs_setattr_nounix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
}
if (attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) {
+ if (attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
+ /* Stamp before RPC. On failure the stamp remains: restoring a
+ * stale snapshot could silently erase a concurrent
+ * _cifsFileInfo_put() close stamp. readdir is suppressed
+ * until the stamp expires; stat() bypasses this via the
+ * from_readdir=false path in is_size_safe_to_change() and
+ * always returns an authoritative QUERY_INFO result.
+ * Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change().
+ */
+ smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
+ }
rc = cifs_file_set_size(xid, direntry, full_path,
cfile, attrs->ia_size);
if (rc != 0)
@@ -3482,8 +3502,6 @@ cifs_setattr_nounix(struct dentry *direntry, struct iattr *attrs)
if ((attrs->ia_valid & ATTR_SIZE) &&
attrs->ia_size != i_size_read(inode)) {
- /* Pairs with smp_load_acquire() in is_size_safe_to_change(). */
- smp_store_release(&cifsInode->time_last_write, jiffies);
truncate_setsize(inode, attrs->ia_size);
netfs_resize_file(&cifsInode->netfs, attrs->ia_size, true);
fscache_resize_cookie(cifs_inode_cookie(inode), attrs->ia_size);
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2.55.0