When journal size is set too big by "mkfs.ext4 -J size=", or when we mount a crafted image to make journal inode->i_size too big, the loop, "while (i < num)", holds cpu too long. This could cause soft lockup. [ 529.357541] Call trace: [ 529.357551] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x198 [ 529.357555] show_stack+0x24/0x30 [ 529.357562] dump_stack+0xa4/0xcc [ 529.357568] watchdog_timer_fn+0x300/0x3e8 [ 529.357574] __hrtimer_run_queues+0x114/0x358 [ 529.357576] hrtimer_interrupt+0x104/0x2d8 [ 529.357580] arch_timer_handler_virt+0x38/0x58 [ 529.357584] handle_percpu_devid_irq+0x90/0x248 [ 529.357588] generic_handle_irq+0x34/0x50 [ 529.357590] __handle_domain_irq+0x68/0xc0 [ 529.357593] gic_handle_irq+0x6c/0x150 [ 529.357595] el1_irq+0xb8/0x140 [ 529.357599] __ll_sc_atomic_add_return_acquire+0x14/0x20 [ 529.357668] ext4_map_blocks+0x64/0x5c0 [ext4] [ 529.357693] ext4_setup_system_zone+0x330/0x458 [ext4] [ 529.357717] ext4_fill_super+0x2170/0x2ba8 [ext4] [ 529.357722] mount_bdev+0x1a8/0x1e8 [ 529.357746] ext4_mount+0x44/0x58 [ext4] [ 529.357748] mount_fs+0x50/0x170 [ 529.357752] vfs_kern_mount.part.9+0x54/0x188 [ 529.357755] do_mount+0x5ac/0xd78 [ 529.357758] ksys_mount+0x9c/0x118 [ 529.357760] __arm64_sys_mount+0x28/0x38 [ 529.357764] el0_svc_common+0x78/0x130 [ 529.357766] el0_svc_handler+0x38/0x78 [ 529.357769] el0_svc+0x8/0xc [ 541.356516] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#0 stuck for 23s! [mount:18674] Signed-off-by: Shijie Luo <luoshijie1@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/block_validity.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c index 1ee04e76bbe0..0a734ffb4310 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/block_validity.c +++ b/fs/ext4/block_validity.c @@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ static int ext4_protect_reserved_inode(struct super_block *sb, return PTR_ERR(inode); num = (inode->i_size + sb->s_blocksize - 1) >> sb->s_blocksize_bits; while (i < num) { + cond_resched(); map.m_lblk = i; map.m_len = num - i; n = ext4_map_blocks(NULL, inode, &map, 0); -- 2.19.1