Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 15:42:45 -0800 From: "Benjamin Kaduk" <kaduk@mit.edu> To: Rick Macklem <rick.macklem@gmail.com> Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, Rick Macklem <rmacklem@freebsd.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: a6d57f312f18 - main - nfsd: Fix handling of hidden/system during Open/Create Message-ID: <aWGSdfkFQURsrCgc@kduck.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAM5tNy4souZbFVODdCpwk4XC5yrzCx9aCYNabdBo3ygZUw3M9Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <69604cd7.3aebd.7fdcb739@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CAJ5_RoD-T0SJpsKL5V-JHrz7hS_7g8Z=hMX_iNpq8DoCFtBi1g@mail.gmail.com> <CAM5tNy4souZbFVODdCpwk4XC5yrzCx9aCYNabdBo3ygZUw3M9Q@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 03:04:33PM -0800, Rick Macklem wrote: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2026 at 4:33 PM Rick Macklem <rmacklem@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> > >> The branch main has been updated by rmacklem: > >> > >> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a6d57f312f18bbeeda8a34e99d0a662b0db9a190 > >> > >> commit a6d57f312f18bbeeda8a34e99d0a662b0db9a190 > >> Author: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org> > >> AuthorDate: 2026-01-08 16:27:32 +0000 > >> Commit: Rick Macklem <rmacklem@FreeBSD.org> > >> CommitDate: 2026-01-08 16:27:32 +0000 > >> > >> nfsd: Fix handling of hidden/system during Open/Create > >> > >> When an NFSv4.n client specifies settings for the archive, > >> hidden and/or system attributes during a Open/Create, the > >> Open/Create fails for ZFS. This is caused by ZFS doing > >> a secpolicy_xvattr() call, which fails for non-root. > >> If this check is bypassed, ZFS panics. > >> > >> This patch resolves the problem by disabling va_flags > >> for the VOP_CREATE() call in the NFSv4.n server and > >> then setting the flags with a subsequent VOP_SETATTR(). > >> > > > > The diff doesn't really include enough context to tell -- does this introduce a race window where a file that's supposed to be hidden and/or system is visible without that attribute from a different process? > I believe that the answer is no. > > VOP_CREATE() returns the new file's vnode exclusively locked > and the update via VOP_SETATTR() happens before the vnode > lock is released. I expected/hoped that that was the case, but just couldn't tell from the diff itself. Thanks! -Benhome | help
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