smb: client: fix race condition in negotiate timeout by using more precise timing
When the SMB server reboots and the client immediately accesses the mount point, a race condition can occur that causes operations to fail with "Host is down" error. Reproduction steps: # Mount SMB share mount -t cifs //192.168.245.109/TEST /mnt/ -o xxxx ls /mnt # Reboot server ssh root@192.168.245.109 reboot ssh root@192.168.245.109 /path/to/cifs_server_setup.sh ssh root@192.168.245.109 systemctl stop firewalld # Immediate access fails ls /mnt ls: cannot access '/mnt': Host is down # But works if there is a delay The issue is caused by a race condition between negotiate and reconnect. The 20-second negotiate timeout mechanism can interfere with the normal recovery process when both are triggered simultaneously. ls cifsd --------------------------------------------------- cifs_getattr cifs_revalidate_dentry cifs_get_inode_info cifs_get_fattr smb2_query_path_info smb2_compound_op SMB2_open_init smb2_reconnect cifs_negotiate_protocol smb2_negotiate cifs_send_recv smb_send_rqst wait_for_response cifs_demultiplex_thread cifs_read_from_socket cifs_readv_from_socket server_unresponsive cifs_reconnect __cifs_reconnect cifs_abort_connection mid->mid_state = MID_RETRY_NEEDED cifs_wake_up_task cifs_sync_mid_result // case MID_RETRY_NEEDED rc = -EAGAIN; // In smb2_negotiate() rc = -EHOSTDOWN; The server_unresponsive() timeout triggers cifs_reconnect(), which aborts ongoing mid requests and causes the ls command to receive -EAGAIN, leading to -EHOSTDOWN. Fix this by introducing a dedicated `neg_start` field to precisely tracks when the negotiate process begins. The timeout check now uses this accurate timestamp instead of `lstrp`, ensuring that: 1. Timeout is only triggered after negotiate has actually run for 20s 2. The mechanism doesn't interfere with concurrent recovery processes 3. Uninitialized timestamps (value 0) don't trigger false timeouts Fixes: 7ccc1465 ("smb: client: fix hang in wait_for_response() for negproto") Signed-off-by:Wang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by:
Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
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