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authorWang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong@huaweicloud.com>2025-07-03 21:29:52 +0800
committerSteve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>2025-07-03 18:41:49 -0500
commit266b5d02e14f3a0e07414e11f239397de0577a1d (patch)
tree9bf59f472a507013a30c099e1c3c653c61d359e0
parent74ebd02163fde05baa23129e06dde4b8f0f2377a (diff)
smb: client: fix race condition in negotiate timeout by using more precise timing
When the SMB server reboots and the client immediately accesses the mount point, a race condition can occur that causes operations to fail with "Host is down" error. Reproduction steps: # Mount SMB share mount -t cifs //192.168.245.109/TEST /mnt/ -o xxxx ls /mnt # Reboot server ssh root@192.168.245.109 reboot ssh root@192.168.245.109 /path/to/cifs_server_setup.sh ssh root@192.168.245.109 systemctl stop firewalld # Immediate access fails ls /mnt ls: cannot access '/mnt': Host is down # But works if there is a delay The issue is caused by a race condition between negotiate and reconnect. The 20-second negotiate timeout mechanism can interfere with the normal recovery process when both are triggered simultaneously. ls cifsd --------------------------------------------------- cifs_getattr cifs_revalidate_dentry cifs_get_inode_info cifs_get_fattr smb2_query_path_info smb2_compound_op SMB2_open_init smb2_reconnect cifs_negotiate_protocol smb2_negotiate cifs_send_recv smb_send_rqst wait_for_response cifs_demultiplex_thread cifs_read_from_socket cifs_readv_from_socket server_unresponsive cifs_reconnect __cifs_reconnect cifs_abort_connection mid->mid_state = MID_RETRY_NEEDED cifs_wake_up_task cifs_sync_mid_result // case MID_RETRY_NEEDED rc = -EAGAIN; // In smb2_negotiate() rc = -EHOSTDOWN; The server_unresponsive() timeout triggers cifs_reconnect(), which aborts ongoing mid requests and causes the ls command to receive -EAGAIN, leading to -EHOSTDOWN. Fix this by introducing a dedicated `neg_start` field to precisely tracks when the negotiate process begins. The timeout check now uses this accurate timestamp instead of `lstrp`, ensuring that: 1. Timeout is only triggered after negotiate has actually run for 20s 2. The mechanism doesn't interfere with concurrent recovery processes 3. Uninitialized timestamps (value 0) don't trigger false timeouts Fixes: 7ccc1465465d ("smb: client: fix hang in wait_for_response() for negproto") Signed-off-by: Wang Zhaolong <wangzhaolong@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
-rw-r--r--fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h1
-rw-r--r--fs/smb/client/connect.c7
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
index fdd95e5100cd..89160bc34d35 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
+++ b/fs/smb/client/cifsglob.h
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ struct TCP_Server_Info {
__le32 session_key_id; /* retrieved from negotiate response and send in session setup request */
struct session_key session_key;
unsigned long lstrp; /* when we got last response from this server */
+ unsigned long neg_start; /* when negotiate started (jiffies) */
struct cifs_secmech secmech; /* crypto sec mech functs, descriptors */
#define CIFS_NEGFLAVOR_UNENCAP 1 /* wct == 17, but no ext_sec */
#define CIFS_NEGFLAVOR_EXTENDED 2 /* wct == 17, ext_sec bit set */
diff --git a/fs/smb/client/connect.c b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
index 484b677143fd..205f547ca49e 100644
--- a/fs/smb/client/connect.c
+++ b/fs/smb/client/connect.c
@@ -679,12 +679,12 @@ server_unresponsive(struct TCP_Server_Info *server)
/*
* If we're in the process of mounting a share or reconnecting a session
* and the server abruptly shut down (e.g. socket wasn't closed, packet
- * had been ACK'ed but no SMB response), don't wait longer than 20s to
- * negotiate protocol.
+ * had been ACK'ed but no SMB response), don't wait longer than 20s from
+ * when negotiate actually started.
*/
spin_lock(&server->srv_lock);
if (server->tcpStatus == CifsInNegotiate &&
- time_after(jiffies, server->lstrp + 20 * HZ)) {
+ time_after(jiffies, server->neg_start + 20 * HZ)) {
spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock);
cifs_reconnect(server, false);
return true;
@@ -4209,6 +4209,7 @@ retry:
server->lstrp = jiffies;
server->tcpStatus = CifsInNegotiate;
+ server->neg_start = jiffies;
spin_unlock(&server->srv_lock);
rc = server->ops->negotiate(xid, ses, server);