It takes xattr_sem to check inline data again but without unlock it in case not have. So unlock it before return. Fixes: aef1c8513c1f ("ext4: let ext4_truncate handle inline data correctly") Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inline.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c index caa5147..b41512d 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c @@ -1880,6 +1880,7 @@ int ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline) ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand); if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) { + ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand); *has_inline = 0; ext4_journal_stop(handle); return 0; -- 1.8.3.1