libfs: Fix duplicate directory entry in offset_dir_lookup

There is an issue in the kernel:

In tmpfs, when using the "ls" command to list the contents
of a directory with a large number of files, glibc performs
the getdents call in multiple rounds. If a concurrent unlink
occurs between these getdents calls, it may lead to duplicate
directory entries in the ls output. One possible reproduction
scenario is as follows:

Create 1026 files and execute ls and rm concurrently:

for i in {1..1026}; do
    echo "This is file $i" > /tmp/dir/file$i
done

ls /tmp/dir				rm /tmp/dir/file4
	->getdents(file1026-file5)
						->unlink(file4)

	->getdents(file5,file3,file2,file1)

It is expected that the second getdents call to return file3
through file1, but instead it returns an extra file5.

The root cause of this problem is in the offset_dir_lookup
function. It uses mas_find to determine the starting position
for the current getdents call. Since mas_find locates the first
position that is greater than or equal to mas->index, when file4
is deleted, it ends up returning file5.

It can be fixed by replacing mas_find with mas_find_rev, which
finds the first position that is less than or equal to mas->index.

Fixes: b9b588f22a0c ("libfs: Use d_children list to iterate simple_offset directories")
Signed-off-by: Yongjian Sun <sunyongjian1@huawei.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250320034417.555810-1-sunyongjian@huaweicloud.com
Reviewed-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>

diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 8444f5cc406415d4fdba45dc059a9d19d13ab881..dc042a975a565c6bd7a8e1100ea47ebc43f58753 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ offset_dir_lookup(struct dentry *parent, loff_t offset)
                found = find_positive_dentry(parent, NULL, false);
        else {
                rcu_read_lock();
-               child = mas_find(&mas, DIR_OFFSET_MAX);
+               child = mas_find_rev(&mas, DIR_OFFSET_MIN);
                found = find_positive_dentry(parent, child, false);
                rcu_read_unlock();
        }