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Commit e73e46c9 authored by Chuck Lever's avatar Chuck Lever Committed by Greg Kroah-Hartman
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libfs: Replace simple_offset end-of-directory detection


commit 68a3a65003145644efcbb651e91db249ccd96281 upstream.

According to getdents(3), the d_off field in each returned directory
entry points to the next entry in the directory. The d_off field in
the last returned entry in the readdir buffer must contain a valid
offset value, but if it points to an actual directory entry, then
readdir/getdents can loop.

This patch introduces a specific fixed offset value that is placed
in the d_off field of the last entry in a directory. Some user space
applications assume that the EOD offset value is larger than the
offsets of real directory entries, so the largest valid offset value
is reserved for this purpose. This new value is never allocated by
simple_offset_add().

When ->iterate_dir() returns, getdents{64} inserts the ctx->pos
value into the d_off field of the last valid entry in the readdir
buffer. When it hits EOD, offset_readdir() sets ctx->pos to the EOD
offset value so the last entry is updated to point to the EOD marker.

When trying to read the entry at the EOD offset, offset_readdir()
terminates immediately.

It is worth noting that using a Maple tree for directory offset
value allocation does not guarantee a 63-bit range of values --
on platforms where "long" is a 32-bit type, the directory offset
value range is still 0..(2^31 - 1). For broad compatibility with
32-bit user space, the largest tmpfs directory cookie value is now
S32_MAX.

Fixes: 796432ef ("libfs: getdents() should return 0 after reaching EOD")
Signed-off-by: default avatarChuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241228175522.1854234-5-cel@kernel.org


Signed-off-by: default avatarChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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