Re: [PATCH] ext2: fix missing percpu_counter_inc (fwd)

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On Tue 09-06-20 13:14:18, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> I'm resending this because I didn't get any response.

I'm sorry far that. The patch got buried in my inbox... I've queued it up
now. Thanks!

								Honza

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:02:21 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [PATCH] ext2: fix missing percpu_counter_inc
> 
> sbi->s_freeinodes_counter is only decreased by the ext2 code, it is never
> increased. This patch fixes it.
> 
> Note that sbi->s_freeinodes_counter is only used in the algorithm that
> tries to find the group for new allocations, so this bug is not easily
> visible (the only visibility is that the group finding algorithm selects
> inoptinal result).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> ---
>  fs/ext2/ialloc.c |    3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux-2.6/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/fs/ext2/ialloc.c	2019-09-20 14:39:07.951999000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/fs/ext2/ialloc.c	2020-04-20 21:33:26.389999000 +0200
> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void ext2_release_inode(struct su
>  	if (dir)
>  		le16_add_cpu(&desc->bg_used_dirs_count, -1);
>  	spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(EXT2_SB(sb), group));
> +	percpu_counter_inc(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_freeinodes_counter);
>  	if (dir)
>  		percpu_counter_dec(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_dirs_counter);
>  	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
> @@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ got:
>  		goto fail;
>  	}
>  
> -	percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter, -1);
> +	percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
>  	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
>  		percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
>  
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR



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