[linux-cifs-client] linux-cifs-client Digest, Vol 68, Issue 24 Patch:fix error handling in mount-time
Duffields
dhltd at telus.net
Sun Jul 26 08:51:36 MDT 2009
I guess the Jeff Layton was suggesting that the code he included in his reply
would fix the problem I am having mounting a DNS-323 with Ubuntu 9.04
standard repository contents of samba.
But, not being a Linux developer, I have no idea of how to impliment the
patch.
Mac
On Fri July 24 2009 11:00:02 am linux-cifs-client-request at lists.samba.org
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> 1. [PATCH] cifs: fix error handling in mount-time DFS referral
> chasing code (Jeff Layton)
> 2. Cannot save files on NAS (Duffields)
> 3. Re: Cannot save files on NAS (Jeremy Allison)
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:22:30 -0400
> From: Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
> To: smfrench at gmail.com
> Cc: sm at sandro-mathys.ch, linux-cifs-client at lists.samba.org
> Subject: [linux-cifs-client] [PATCH] cifs: fix error handling in
> mount-time DFS referral chasing code
> Message-ID: <1248376950-12366-1-git-send-email-jlayton at redhat.com>
>
> If the referral is malformed or the hostname can't be resolved, then
> the current code generates an oops. Fix it to handle these errors
> gracefully.
>
> Reported-by: Sandro Mathys <sm at sandro-mathys.ch>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton at redhat.com>
> ---
> fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c | 12 +++++++++---
> fs/cifs/connect.c | 13 ++++++++++---
> 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
> index 3bb11be..606912d 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/cifs_dfs_ref.c
> @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void cifs_dfs_release_automount_timer(void)
> * i.e. strips from UNC trailing path that is not part of share
> * name and fixup missing '\' in the begining of DFS node refferal
> * if neccessary.
> - * Returns pointer to share name on success or NULL on error.
> + * Returns pointer to share name on success or ERR_PTR on error.
> * Caller is responsible for freeing returned string.
> */
> static char *cifs_get_share_name(const char *node_name)
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static char *cifs_get_share_name(const char *node_name)
> UNC = kmalloc(len+2 /*for term null and additional \ if it's missed */,
> GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!UNC)
> - return NULL;
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
>
> /* get share name and server name */
> if (node_name[1] != '\\') {
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static char *cifs_get_share_name(const char *node_name)
> cERROR(1, ("%s: no server name end in node name: %s",
> __func__, node_name));
> kfree(UNC);
> - return NULL;
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> }
>
> /* find sharename end */
> @@ -133,6 +133,12 @@ char *cifs_compose_mount_options(const char
> *sb_mountdata, return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
>
> *devname = cifs_get_share_name(ref->node_name);
> + if (IS_ERR(*devname)) {
> + rc = PTR_ERR(*devname);
> + *devname = NULL;
> + goto compose_mount_options_err;
> + }
> +
> rc = dns_resolve_server_name_to_ip(*devname, &srvIP);
> if (rc != 0) {
> cERROR(1, ("%s: Failed to resolve server part of %s to IP: %d",
> diff --git a/fs/cifs/connect.c b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> index fc44d31..f248688 100644
> --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c
> +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c
> @@ -2544,11 +2544,20 @@ remote_path_check:
>
> if (mount_data != mount_data_global)
> kfree(mount_data);
> +
> mount_data = cifs_compose_mount_options(
> cifs_sb->mountdata, full_path + 1,
> referrals, &fake_devname);
> - kfree(fake_devname);
> +
> free_dfs_info_array(referrals, num_referrals);
> + kfree(fake_devname);
> + kfree(full_path);
> +
> + if (IS_ERR(mount_data)) {
> + rc = PTR_ERR(mount_data);
> + mount_data = NULL;
> + goto mount_fail_check;
> + }
>
> if (tcon)
> cifs_put_tcon(tcon);
> @@ -2556,8 +2565,6 @@ remote_path_check:
> cifs_put_smb_ses(pSesInfo);
>
> cleanup_volume_info(&volume_info);
> - FreeXid(xid);
> - kfree(full_path);
> referral_walks_count++;
> goto try_mount_again;
> }
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