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commit 370704e707a5f2d3c9a1d4ed8bd8cd67507d7bb5 upstream. The dmabuf file uses get_next_ino()(through dma_buf_getfile() -> alloc_anon_inode()) to get an inode number and uses the same as a directory name under /sys/kernel/dmabuf/buffers/<ino>. This directory is used to collect the dmabuf stats and it is created through dma_buf_stats_setup(). At current, failure to create this directory entry can make the dma_buf_export() to fail. Now, as the get_next_ino() can definitely give a repetitive inode no causing the directory entry creation to fail with -EEXIST. This is a problem on the systems where dmabuf stats functionality is enabled on the production builds can make the dma_buf_export(), though the dmabuf memory is allocated successfully, to fail just because it couldn't create stats entry. This issue we are able to see on the snapdragon system within 13 days where there already exists a directory with inode no "122602" so dma_buf_stats_setup() failed with -EEXIST as it is trying to create the same directory entry. To make the dentry name as unique, use the dmabuf fs specific inode which is based on the simple atomic variable increment. There is tmpfs subsystem too which relies on its own inode generation rather than relying on the get_next_ino() for the same reason of avoiding the duplicate inodes[1]. [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/patch/?id=e809d5f0b5c912fe981dce738f3283b2010665f0 Signed-off-by: Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@quicinc.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 5.15.x+ Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Reviewed-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Link: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/msgid/1652441296-1986-1-git-send-email-quic_charante@quicinc.com Signed-off-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.