kernfs: Relax constraint in draining guard
The active reference lifecycle provides the break/unbreak mechanism but the active reference is not truly active after unbreak -- callers don't use it afterwards but it's important for proper pairing of kn->active counting. Assuming this mechanism is in place, the WARN check in kernfs_should_drain_open_files() is too sensitive -- it may transiently catch those (rightful) callers between kernfs_unbreak_active_protection() and kernfs_put_active() as found out by Chen Ridong: kernfs_remove_by_name_ns kernfs_get_active // active=1 __kernfs_remove // active=0x80000002 kernfs_drain ... wait_event //waiting (active == 0x80000001) kernfs_break_active_protection // active = 0x80000001 // continue kernfs_unbreak_active_protection // active = 0x80000002 ... kernfs_should_drain_open_files // warning occurs kernfs_put_active To avoid the false positives (mind panic_on_warn) remove the check altogether. (This is meant as quick fix, I think active reference break/unbreak may be simplified with larger rework.) Fixes: bdb2fd7f ("kernfs: Skip kernfs_drain_open_files() more aggressively") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/kmmrseckjctb4gxcx2rdminrjnq2b4ipf7562nvfd432ld5v5m@2byj5eedkb2o/ Cc: Chen Ridong <chenridong@huawei.com> Signed-off-by:Michal Koutný <mkoutny@suse.com> Acked-by:
Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250505121201.879823-1-mkoutny@suse.com Signed-off-by:
Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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