PROBLEM: mv command fails: "File exists" on cifs mount on kernel>=5.7.8

[Steve French]

By the way - I am unable to reproduce this on smb3 or later.  It only
seems to be an smb1 regression.

Any additional updates or information?

On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 8:52 AM zhangxiaoxu (A) <zhangxiaoxu5 at huawei.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your report.
>
> Since commit 9ffad9263b46 ("cifs: Fix the target file was deleted
> when rename failed.") want to fix the problem when rename(file1, file2)
> with file2 exist, the server return -EACESS, then cifs client will
> delete the file2 and rename it again, but 2nd rename on server also
> return -EACESS, then the file2 was deleted.
>
> It can be reproduce by xfstests generic/035.
> When 't_rename_overwrite file1 file2':
>    open(file2)
>    rename(file1, file2)
>    fstat(file2).st_nlink should be 0.
>
> The solution on commit 9ffad9263b46 ("cifs: Fix the target file was
> deleted when rename failed.") was wrong. we should revert it.
>
> The root cause of the file2 deleted maybe the file2 was opened
> when rename(file1, file2), I will re-debug it.
>
> 在 2020/7/21 1:09, Patrick Fernie 写道:
> > # One line summary of the problem:
> >
> > mv command fails: "File exists" on cifs mount on kernel>=5.7.8
> >
> > # Full description of the problem/report:
> >
> > Since v5.7.8 (v5.4.51 for -lts), there appears to be a regression with
> > cifs mounts; mv commands fail with a "File exists" when attempting to
> > overwrite a file. Similarly, rsync commands which create a temporary
> > file during transfer and then attempt to move it into place after
> > copying fail ("File Exists (17)"). I believe this is related to this
> > commit: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/fs/cifs/inode.c?id=9ffad9263b467efd8f8dc7ae1941a0a655a2bab2
> >
> > The mount in question is from a Drobo FS NAS device, and is forced to
> > SMB1 (`vers=1.0` specified).
> >
> > Running v5.7.7 or 5.4.50 does not exhibit this behavior, behavior was
> > confirmed on 5.7.8, 5.7.9, 5.4.51 and 5.4.52.
> >
> > These users appear to be experiencing the same issue:
> > 1) https://serverfault.com/questions/1025734/cifs-automounts-suddenly-stopped-working
> > 2) https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/599281/cifs-mount-is-returning-errors-when-operating-on-remote-files-file-exists-inte
> >
> > # Most recent kernel version which did not have the bug:
> >
> > 5.7.7 / 5.4.50
> >
> > # A small shell script or example program which triggers the problem
> > (if possible):
> >
> > [vagrant at archlinux ~]$ uname -a
> > Linux archlinux 5.7.9-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 16 Jul 2020 19:34:49
> > +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > # Same behavior seen on Linux archlinux 5.4.52-1-lts #1 SMP Thu, 16
> > Jul 2020 19:35:06 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > [vagrant at archlinux ~]$ cd /mnt/drobo/Share/cifs-test/
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ touch a b
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ mv a b
> > mv: cannot move 'a' to 'b': File exists
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ mkdir -p /tmp/sync_dir
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ touch /tmp/sync_dir/foo
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ rsync -rap /tmp/sync_dir .
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ touch /tmp/sync_dir/foo
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ rsync -rap /tmp/sync_dir .
> > rsync: [receiver] rename
> > "/mnt/drobo/Share/cifs-test/sync_dir/.foo.FQiit5" -> "sync_dir/foo":
> > File exists (17)
> > rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous
> > errors) (code 23) at main.c(1287) [sender=3.2.2]
> >
> > ## Behavior as expected on older kernel:
> >
> > [vagrant at archlinux ~]$ uname -a
> > Linux archlinux 5.7.7-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:53:16
> > +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > # Same behavior seen on Linux archlinux 5.4.50-1-lts #1 SMP Wed, 01
> > Jul 2020 14:53:03 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> > [vagrant at archlinux ~]$ cd /mnt/drobo/Share/cifs-test/
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ touch a b
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ mv a b
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ mkdir -p /tmp/sync_dir
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ touch /tmp/sync_dir/foo
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ rsync -rap /tmp/sync_dir .
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ touch /tmp/sync_dir/foo
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$ rsync -rap /tmp/sync_dir .
> > [vagrant at archlinux cifs-test]$
> >
> > # Environment:
> >
> > Arch Linux
> >
> > CIFS mount (vers=1.0) from Drobo FS NAS device
> >
> > CIFS share mount information:
> >
> > systemd-1 on /mnt/drobo/Share type autofs
> > (rw,relatime,fd=44,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=12139)
> > //10.76.9.11/Share on /mnt/drobo/Share type cifs
> > (rw,relatime,vers=1.0,cache=strict,username=XXXXXXX,uid=0,noforceuid,gid=0,noforcegid,addr=10.76.9.11,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775,nocase,soft,nounix,serverino,mapposix,nobrl,noperm,rsize=61440,wsize=65536,bsize=1048576,echo_interval=60,actimeo=1,x-systemd.automount)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Patrick Fernie
> >
> > .
> >
>


-- 
Thanks,

Steve