From f11ad7aa653130b71e2e89bed207f387718216d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chuck Lever Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 12:35:43 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] NFSD: Fix verifier returned in stable WRITEs RFC 8881 explains the purpose of the write verifier this way: > The final portion of the result is the field writeverf. This field > is the write verifier and is a cookie that the client can use to > determine whether a server has changed instance state (e.g., server > restart) between a call to WRITE and a subsequent call to either > WRITE or COMMIT. But then it says: > This cookie MUST be unchanged during a single instance of the > NFSv4.1 server and MUST be unique between instances of the NFSv4.1 > server. If the cookie changes, then the client MUST assume that > any data written with an UNSTABLE4 value for committed and an old > writeverf in the reply has been lost and will need to be > recovered. RFC 1813 has similar language for NFSv3. NFSv2 does not have a write verifier since it doesn't implement the COMMIT procedure. Since commit 19e0663ff9bc ("nfsd: Ensure sampling of the write verifier is atomic with the write"), the Linux NFS server has returned a boot-time-based verifier for UNSTABLE WRITEs, but a zero verifier for FILE_SYNC and DATA_SYNC WRITEs. FILE_SYNC and DATA_SYNC WRITEs are not followed up with a COMMIT, so there's no need for clients to compare verifiers for stable writes. However, by returning a different verifier for stable and unstable writes, the above commit puts the Linux NFS server a step farther out of compliance with the first MUST above. At least one NFS client (FreeBSD) noticed the difference, making this a potential regression. Reported-by: Rick Macklem Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nfs/YQXPR0101MB096857EEACF04A6DF1FC6D9BDD749@YQXPR0101MB0968.CANPRD01.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM/T/ Fixes: 19e0663ff9bc ("nfsd: Ensure sampling of the write verifier is atomic with the write") Signed-off-by: Chuck Lever --- fs/nfsd/vfs.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c index 0faa383..74c3451 100644 --- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c +++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c @@ -995,6 +995,10 @@ nfsd_vfs_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp, struct nfsd_file *nf, iov_iter_kvec(&iter, WRITE, vec, vlen, *cnt); if (flags & RWF_SYNC) { down_write(&nf->nf_rwsem); + if (verf) + nfsd_copy_boot_verifier(verf, + net_generic(SVC_NET(rqstp), + nfsd_net_id)); host_err = vfs_iter_write(file, &iter, &pos, flags); if (host_err < 0) nfsd_reset_boot_verifier(net_generic(SVC_NET(rqstp), -- 2.7.4