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ceph: fix allocation under spinlock in mount option parsing

Message ID 20200207214948.1073419-1-jlayton@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
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Series ceph: fix allocation under spinlock in mount option parsing | expand

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Jeff Layton Feb. 7, 2020, 9:49 p.m. UTC
Al and syzbot reported that 4fbc0c711b24 (ceph: remove the extra slashes
in the server path) had caused a regression where an allocation could be
done under spinlock.

Fix this by keeping a canonicalized version of the path in the mount
options. Then we can simply compare those without making copies at all
during the comparison.

Fixes: 4fbc0c711b24 ("ceph: remove the extra slashes in the server path")
Reported-by: syzbot+98704a51af8e3d9425a9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
---
 fs/ceph/super.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 fs/ceph/super.h |   1 +
 2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)

Comments

Xiubo Li Feb. 9, 2020, 2:40 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2020/2/8 5:49, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Al and syzbot reported that 4fbc0c711b24 (ceph: remove the extra slashes
> in the server path) had caused a regression where an allocation could be
> done under spinlock.
>
> Fix this by keeping a canonicalized version of the path in the mount
> options. Then we can simply compare those without making copies at all
> during the comparison.
>
> Fixes: 4fbc0c711b24 ("ceph: remove the extra slashes in the server path")
> Reported-by: syzbot+98704a51af8e3d9425a9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> ---
>   fs/ceph/super.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>   fs/ceph/super.h |   1 +
>   2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
> index 5fa28e98d2b8..196d547c7054 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
> @@ -208,6 +208,69 @@ struct ceph_parse_opts_ctx {
>   	struct ceph_mount_options	*opts;
>   };
>   
> +/**
> + * canonicalize_path - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
> + * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL
> + *
> + * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
> + * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the
> + * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
> + * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
> + */
> +static char *canonicalize_path(const char *server_path)
> +{
> +	const char *path = server_path;
> +	const char *cur, *end;
> +	char *buf, *p;
> +	int len;
> +
> +	/* remove all the leading slashes */
> +	while (*path == '/')
> +		path++;
> +
> +	/* if the server path only consists of slashes */
> +	if (*path == '\0')
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	len = strlen(path);
> +
> +	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!buf)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +	end = path + len;
> +	p = buf;
> +	do {
> +		cur = strchr(path, '/');
> +		if (!cur)
> +			cur = end;
> +
> +		len = cur - path;
> +
> +		/* including one '/' */
> +		if (cur != end)
> +			len += 1;
> +
> +		memcpy(p, path, len);
> +		p += len;
> +
> +		while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
> +			cur++;
> +		path = cur;
> +	} while (path < end);
> +
> +	*p = '\0';
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
> +	 * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
> +	 */
> +	if (*(--p) == '/')
> +		*p = '\0';
> +
> +	return buf;
> +}
> +
>   /*
>    * Parse the source parameter.  Distinguish the server list from the path.
>    *
> @@ -230,15 +293,23 @@ static int ceph_parse_source(struct fs_parameter *param, struct fs_context *fc)
>   
>   	dev_name_end = strchr(dev_name, '/');
>   	if (dev_name_end) {
> -		kfree(fsopt->server_path);
>   
>   		/*
>   		 * The server_path will include the whole chars from userland
>   		 * including the leading '/'.
>   		 */
> +		kfree(fsopt->server_path);
>   		fsopt->server_path = kstrdup(dev_name_end, GFP_KERNEL);
>   		if (!fsopt->server_path)
>   			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		kfree(fsopt->canon_path);
> +		fsopt->canon_path = canonicalize_path(fsopt->server_path);
> +		if (fsopt->canon_path && IS_ERR(fsopt->canon_path)) {
> +			ret = PTR_ERR(fsopt->canon_path);
> +			fsopt->canon_path = NULL;
> +			return ret;
> +		}
>   	} else {
>   		dev_name_end = dev_name + strlen(dev_name);
>   	}
> @@ -447,6 +518,7 @@ static void destroy_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *args)
>   	kfree(args->snapdir_name);
>   	kfree(args->mds_namespace);
>   	kfree(args->server_path);
> +	kfree(args->canon_path);
>   	kfree(args->fscache_uniq);
>   	kfree(args);
>   }
> @@ -462,73 +534,6 @@ static int strcmp_null(const char *s1, const char *s2)
>   	return strcmp(s1, s2);
>   }
>   
> -/**
> - * path_remove_extra_slash - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
> - * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL
> - *
> - * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
> - * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the
> - * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
> - * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
> - */
> -static char *path_remove_extra_slash(const char *server_path)
> -{
> -	const char *path = server_path;
> -	const char *cur, *end;
> -	char *buf, *p;
> -	int len;
> -
> -	/* if the server path is omitted */
> -	if (!path)
> -		return NULL;
> -
> -	/* remove all the leading slashes */
> -	while (*path == '/')
> -		path++;
> -
> -	/* if the server path only consists of slashes */
> -	if (*path == '\0')
> -		return NULL;
> -
> -	len = strlen(path);
> -
> -	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> -	if (!buf)
> -		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -
> -	end = path + len;
> -	p = buf;
> -	do {
> -		cur = strchr(path, '/');
> -		if (!cur)
> -			cur = end;
> -
> -		len = cur - path;
> -
> -		/* including one '/' */
> -		if (cur != end)
> -			len += 1;
> -
> -		memcpy(p, path, len);
> -		p += len;
> -
> -		while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
> -			cur++;
> -		path = cur;
> -	} while (path < end);
> -
> -	*p = '\0';
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
> -	 * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
> -	 */
> -	if (*(--p) == '/')
> -		*p = '\0';
> -
> -	return buf;
> -}
> -
>   static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
>   				 struct ceph_options *new_opt,
>   				 struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
> @@ -536,7 +541,6 @@ static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
>   	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt1 = new_fsopt;
>   	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt2 = fsc->mount_options;
>   	int ofs = offsetof(struct ceph_mount_options, snapdir_name);
> -	char *p1, *p2;
>   	int ret;
>   
>   	ret = memcmp(fsopt1, fsopt2, ofs);
> @@ -546,21 +550,12 @@ static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
>   	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->snapdir_name, fsopt2->snapdir_name);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
> +
>   	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->mds_namespace, fsopt2->mds_namespace);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
>   
> -	p1 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt1->server_path);
> -	if (IS_ERR(p1))
> -		return PTR_ERR(p1);
> -	p2 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt2->server_path);
> -	if (IS_ERR(p2)) {
> -		kfree(p1);
> -		return PTR_ERR(p2);
> -	}
> -	ret = strcmp_null(p1, p2);
> -	kfree(p1);
> -	kfree(p2);
> +	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->canon_path, fsopt2->canon_path);
>   	if (ret)
>   		return ret;
>   
> @@ -963,7 +958,9 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc,
>   	mutex_lock(&fsc->client->mount_mutex);
>   
>   	if (!fsc->sb->s_root) {
> -		const char *path, *p;
> +		const char *path = fsc->mount_options->canon_path ?
> +					fsc->mount_options->canon_path : "";
> +
>   		err = __ceph_open_session(fsc->client, started);
>   		if (err < 0)
>   			goto out;
> @@ -975,22 +972,11 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc,
>   				goto out;
>   		}
>   
> -		p = path_remove_extra_slash(fsc->mount_options->server_path);
> -		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
> -			err = PTR_ERR(p);
> -			goto out;
> -		}
> -		/* if the server path is omitted or just consists of '/' */
> -		if (!p)
> -			path = "";
> -		else
> -			path = p;
>   		dout("mount opening path '%s'\n", path);
>   
>   		ceph_fs_debugfs_init(fsc);
>   
>   		root = open_root_dentry(fsc, path, started);
> -		kfree(p);
>   		if (IS_ERR(root)) {
>   			err = PTR_ERR(root);
>   			goto out;
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
> index e8f891770f9d..70aa32cfb64d 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/super.h
> +++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
> @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct ceph_mount_options {
>   	char *snapdir_name;   /* default ".snap" */
>   	char *mds_namespace;  /* default NULL */
>   	char *server_path;    /* default  "/" */
> +	char *canon_path;     /* default "/" */
>   	char *fscache_uniq;   /* default NULL */
>   };
>   

This looks good to me.

Thanks.

BRs
Ilya Dryomov Feb. 11, 2020, 9:15 a.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:49 PM Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Al and syzbot reported that 4fbc0c711b24 (ceph: remove the extra slashes
> in the server path) had caused a regression where an allocation could be
> done under spinlock.
>
> Fix this by keeping a canonicalized version of the path in the mount
> options. Then we can simply compare those without making copies at all
> during the comparison.
>
> Fixes: 4fbc0c711b24 ("ceph: remove the extra slashes in the server path")
> Reported-by: syzbot+98704a51af8e3d9425a9@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
> ---
>  fs/ceph/super.c | 170 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  fs/ceph/super.h |   1 +
>  2 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 92 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
> index 5fa28e98d2b8..196d547c7054 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
> @@ -208,6 +208,69 @@ struct ceph_parse_opts_ctx {
>         struct ceph_mount_options       *opts;
>  };
>
> +/**
> + * canonicalize_path - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
> + * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL

Hi Jeff,

It doesn't look like server_path can be NULL, and the code doesn't
handle that either.

> + *
> + * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
> + * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the

It can return an error, so this should say "string, NULL or error", but
see below.

> + * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
> + * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
> + */
> +static char *canonicalize_path(const char *server_path)
> +{
> +       const char *path = server_path;
> +       const char *cur, *end;
> +       char *buf, *p;
> +       int len;
> +
> +       /* remove all the leading slashes */
> +       while (*path == '/')
> +               path++;
> +
> +       /* if the server path only consists of slashes */
> +       if (*path == '\0')
> +               return NULL;
> +
> +       len = strlen(path);
> +
> +       buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> +       if (!buf)
> +               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> +
> +       end = path + len;
> +       p = buf;
> +       do {
> +               cur = strchr(path, '/');
> +               if (!cur)
> +                       cur = end;
> +
> +               len = cur - path;
> +
> +               /* including one '/' */
> +               if (cur != end)
> +                       len += 1;
> +
> +               memcpy(p, path, len);
> +               p += len;
> +
> +               while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
> +                       cur++;
> +               path = cur;
> +       } while (path < end);
> +
> +       *p = '\0';
> +
> +       /*
> +        * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
> +        * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
> +        */
> +       if (*(--p) == '/')
> +               *p = '\0';
> +
> +       return buf;
> +}

I realize that you just adapted the existing function, but it really
looks like a mouthful -- both the signature (string, NULL or error)
and the code.  It could be a lot more concise...

> +
>  /*
>   * Parse the source parameter.  Distinguish the server list from the path.
>   *
> @@ -230,15 +293,23 @@ static int ceph_parse_source(struct fs_parameter *param, struct fs_context *fc)
>
>         dev_name_end = strchr(dev_name, '/');
>         if (dev_name_end) {
> -               kfree(fsopt->server_path);
>

Blank line.

>                 /*
>                  * The server_path will include the whole chars from userland
>                  * including the leading '/'.
>                  */
> +               kfree(fsopt->server_path);
>                 fsopt->server_path = kstrdup(dev_name_end, GFP_KERNEL);
>                 if (!fsopt->server_path)
>                         return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +               kfree(fsopt->canon_path);
> +               fsopt->canon_path = canonicalize_path(fsopt->server_path);
> +               if (fsopt->canon_path && IS_ERR(fsopt->canon_path)) {
> +                       ret = PTR_ERR(fsopt->canon_path);
> +                       fsopt->canon_path = NULL;
> +                       return ret;
> +               }
>         } else {
>                 dev_name_end = dev_name + strlen(dev_name);
>         }
> @@ -447,6 +518,7 @@ static void destroy_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *args)
>         kfree(args->snapdir_name);
>         kfree(args->mds_namespace);
>         kfree(args->server_path);
> +       kfree(args->canon_path);
>         kfree(args->fscache_uniq);
>         kfree(args);
>  }
> @@ -462,73 +534,6 @@ static int strcmp_null(const char *s1, const char *s2)
>         return strcmp(s1, s2);
>  }
>
> -/**
> - * path_remove_extra_slash - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
> - * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL
> - *
> - * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
> - * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the
> - * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
> - * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
> - */
> -static char *path_remove_extra_slash(const char *server_path)
> -{
> -       const char *path = server_path;
> -       const char *cur, *end;
> -       char *buf, *p;
> -       int len;
> -
> -       /* if the server path is omitted */
> -       if (!path)
> -               return NULL;
> -
> -       /* remove all the leading slashes */
> -       while (*path == '/')
> -               path++;
> -
> -       /* if the server path only consists of slashes */
> -       if (*path == '\0')
> -               return NULL;
> -
> -       len = strlen(path);
> -
> -       buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
> -       if (!buf)
> -               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> -
> -       end = path + len;
> -       p = buf;
> -       do {
> -               cur = strchr(path, '/');
> -               if (!cur)
> -                       cur = end;
> -
> -               len = cur - path;
> -
> -               /* including one '/' */
> -               if (cur != end)
> -                       len += 1;
> -
> -               memcpy(p, path, len);
> -               p += len;
> -
> -               while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
> -                       cur++;
> -               path = cur;
> -       } while (path < end);
> -
> -       *p = '\0';
> -
> -       /*
> -        * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
> -        * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
> -        */
> -       if (*(--p) == '/')
> -               *p = '\0';
> -
> -       return buf;
> -}
> -
>  static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
>                                  struct ceph_options *new_opt,
>                                  struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
> @@ -536,7 +541,6 @@ static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
>         struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt1 = new_fsopt;
>         struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt2 = fsc->mount_options;
>         int ofs = offsetof(struct ceph_mount_options, snapdir_name);
> -       char *p1, *p2;
>         int ret;
>
>         ret = memcmp(fsopt1, fsopt2, ofs);
> @@ -546,21 +550,12 @@ static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
>         ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->snapdir_name, fsopt2->snapdir_name);
>         if (ret)
>                 return ret;
> +
>         ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->mds_namespace, fsopt2->mds_namespace);
>         if (ret)
>                 return ret;
>
> -       p1 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt1->server_path);
> -       if (IS_ERR(p1))
> -               return PTR_ERR(p1);
> -       p2 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt2->server_path);
> -       if (IS_ERR(p2)) {
> -               kfree(p1);
> -               return PTR_ERR(p2);
> -       }
> -       ret = strcmp_null(p1, p2);
> -       kfree(p1);
> -       kfree(p2);
> +       ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->canon_path, fsopt2->canon_path);
>         if (ret)
>                 return ret;
>
> @@ -963,7 +958,9 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc,
>         mutex_lock(&fsc->client->mount_mutex);
>
>         if (!fsc->sb->s_root) {
> -               const char *path, *p;
> +               const char *path = fsc->mount_options->canon_path ?
> +                                       fsc->mount_options->canon_path : "";
> +
>                 err = __ceph_open_session(fsc->client, started);
>                 if (err < 0)
>                         goto out;
> @@ -975,22 +972,11 @@ static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc,
>                                 goto out;
>                 }
>
> -               p = path_remove_extra_slash(fsc->mount_options->server_path);
> -               if (IS_ERR(p)) {
> -                       err = PTR_ERR(p);
> -                       goto out;
> -               }
> -               /* if the server path is omitted or just consists of '/' */
> -               if (!p)
> -                       path = "";
> -               else
> -                       path = p;
>                 dout("mount opening path '%s'\n", path);
>
>                 ceph_fs_debugfs_init(fsc);
>
>                 root = open_root_dentry(fsc, path, started);
> -               kfree(p);
>                 if (IS_ERR(root)) {
>                         err = PTR_ERR(root);
>                         goto out;
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
> index e8f891770f9d..70aa32cfb64d 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/super.h
> +++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
> @@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ struct ceph_mount_options {
>         char *snapdir_name;   /* default ".snap" */
>         char *mds_namespace;  /* default NULL */
>         char *server_path;    /* default  "/" */
> +       char *canon_path;     /* default "/" */

Why keep both the original and canon_path around?  It looks like
the only remaining use of server_path is in create_session_open_msg().
Since that's just metadata, I think we can safely switch it over.

Also, the comment is misleading.  The default is NULL (which _means_
"/" for metadata purposes but "/" is never stored here).

I'll post what I have in mind as a patch shortly.

Thanks,

                Ilya
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index 5fa28e98d2b8..196d547c7054 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -208,6 +208,69 @@  struct ceph_parse_opts_ctx {
 	struct ceph_mount_options	*opts;
 };
 
+/**
+ * canonicalize_path - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
+ * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL
+ *
+ * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
+ * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the
+ * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
+ * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
+ */
+static char *canonicalize_path(const char *server_path)
+{
+	const char *path = server_path;
+	const char *cur, *end;
+	char *buf, *p;
+	int len;
+
+	/* remove all the leading slashes */
+	while (*path == '/')
+		path++;
+
+	/* if the server path only consists of slashes */
+	if (*path == '\0')
+		return NULL;
+
+	len = strlen(path);
+
+	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	end = path + len;
+	p = buf;
+	do {
+		cur = strchr(path, '/');
+		if (!cur)
+			cur = end;
+
+		len = cur - path;
+
+		/* including one '/' */
+		if (cur != end)
+			len += 1;
+
+		memcpy(p, path, len);
+		p += len;
+
+		while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
+			cur++;
+		path = cur;
+	} while (path < end);
+
+	*p = '\0';
+
+	/*
+	 * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
+	 * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
+	 */
+	if (*(--p) == '/')
+		*p = '\0';
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
 /*
  * Parse the source parameter.  Distinguish the server list from the path.
  *
@@ -230,15 +293,23 @@  static int ceph_parse_source(struct fs_parameter *param, struct fs_context *fc)
 
 	dev_name_end = strchr(dev_name, '/');
 	if (dev_name_end) {
-		kfree(fsopt->server_path);
 
 		/*
 		 * The server_path will include the whole chars from userland
 		 * including the leading '/'.
 		 */
+		kfree(fsopt->server_path);
 		fsopt->server_path = kstrdup(dev_name_end, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!fsopt->server_path)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+
+		kfree(fsopt->canon_path);
+		fsopt->canon_path = canonicalize_path(fsopt->server_path);
+		if (fsopt->canon_path && IS_ERR(fsopt->canon_path)) {
+			ret = PTR_ERR(fsopt->canon_path);
+			fsopt->canon_path = NULL;
+			return ret;
+		}
 	} else {
 		dev_name_end = dev_name + strlen(dev_name);
 	}
@@ -447,6 +518,7 @@  static void destroy_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *args)
 	kfree(args->snapdir_name);
 	kfree(args->mds_namespace);
 	kfree(args->server_path);
+	kfree(args->canon_path);
 	kfree(args->fscache_uniq);
 	kfree(args);
 }
@@ -462,73 +534,6 @@  static int strcmp_null(const char *s1, const char *s2)
 	return strcmp(s1, s2);
 }
 
-/**
- * path_remove_extra_slash - Remove the extra slashes in the server path
- * @server_path: the server path and could be NULL
- *
- * Return NULL if the path is NULL or only consists of "/", or a string
- * without any extra slashes including the leading slash(es) and the
- * slash(es) at the end of the server path, such as:
- * "//dir1////dir2///" --> "dir1/dir2"
- */
-static char *path_remove_extra_slash(const char *server_path)
-{
-	const char *path = server_path;
-	const char *cur, *end;
-	char *buf, *p;
-	int len;
-
-	/* if the server path is omitted */
-	if (!path)
-		return NULL;
-
-	/* remove all the leading slashes */
-	while (*path == '/')
-		path++;
-
-	/* if the server path only consists of slashes */
-	if (*path == '\0')
-		return NULL;
-
-	len = strlen(path);
-
-	buf = kmalloc(len + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!buf)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	end = path + len;
-	p = buf;
-	do {
-		cur = strchr(path, '/');
-		if (!cur)
-			cur = end;
-
-		len = cur - path;
-
-		/* including one '/' */
-		if (cur != end)
-			len += 1;
-
-		memcpy(p, path, len);
-		p += len;
-
-		while (cur <= end && *cur == '/')
-			cur++;
-		path = cur;
-	} while (path < end);
-
-	*p = '\0';
-
-	/*
-	 * remove the last slash if there has and just to make sure that
-	 * we will get something like "dir1/dir2"
-	 */
-	if (*(--p) == '/')
-		*p = '\0';
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
 static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
 				 struct ceph_options *new_opt,
 				 struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
@@ -536,7 +541,6 @@  static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
 	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt1 = new_fsopt;
 	struct ceph_mount_options *fsopt2 = fsc->mount_options;
 	int ofs = offsetof(struct ceph_mount_options, snapdir_name);
-	char *p1, *p2;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = memcmp(fsopt1, fsopt2, ofs);
@@ -546,21 +550,12 @@  static int compare_mount_options(struct ceph_mount_options *new_fsopt,
 	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->snapdir_name, fsopt2->snapdir_name);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
+
 	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->mds_namespace, fsopt2->mds_namespace);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	p1 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt1->server_path);
-	if (IS_ERR(p1))
-		return PTR_ERR(p1);
-	p2 = path_remove_extra_slash(fsopt2->server_path);
-	if (IS_ERR(p2)) {
-		kfree(p1);
-		return PTR_ERR(p2);
-	}
-	ret = strcmp_null(p1, p2);
-	kfree(p1);
-	kfree(p2);
+	ret = strcmp_null(fsopt1->canon_path, fsopt2->canon_path);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -963,7 +958,9 @@  static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc,
 	mutex_lock(&fsc->client->mount_mutex);
 
 	if (!fsc->sb->s_root) {
-		const char *path, *p;
+		const char *path = fsc->mount_options->canon_path ?
+					fsc->mount_options->canon_path : "";
+
 		err = __ceph_open_session(fsc->client, started);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto out;
@@ -975,22 +972,11 @@  static struct dentry *ceph_real_mount(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc,
 				goto out;
 		}
 
-		p = path_remove_extra_slash(fsc->mount_options->server_path);
-		if (IS_ERR(p)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(p);
-			goto out;
-		}
-		/* if the server path is omitted or just consists of '/' */
-		if (!p)
-			path = "";
-		else
-			path = p;
 		dout("mount opening path '%s'\n", path);
 
 		ceph_fs_debugfs_init(fsc);
 
 		root = open_root_dentry(fsc, path, started);
-		kfree(p);
 		if (IS_ERR(root)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(root);
 			goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index e8f891770f9d..70aa32cfb64d 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@  struct ceph_mount_options {
 	char *snapdir_name;   /* default ".snap" */
 	char *mds_namespace;  /* default NULL */
 	char *server_path;    /* default  "/" */
+	char *canon_path;     /* default "/" */
 	char *fscache_uniq;   /* default NULL */
 };