On Thu 19-08-21 14:57:04, Zhang Yi wrote: > In ext4_get_inode_loc(), we may skip IO and get an zero && uptodate > inode buffer when the inode monopolize an inode block for performance > reason. For most cases, ext4_mark_iloc_dirty() will fill the inode > buffer to make it fine, but we could miss this call if something bad > happened. Finally, __ext4_get_inode_loc_noinmem() may probably get an > empty inode buffer and trigger ext4 error. > > For example, if we remove a nonexistent xattr on inode A, > ext4_xattr_set_handle() will return ENODATA before invoking > ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(), it will left an uptodate but zero buffer. We > will get checksum error message in ext4_iget() when getting inode again. > > EXT4-fs error (device sda): ext4_lookup:1784: inode #131074: comm cat: iget: checksum invalid > > Even worse, if we allocate another inode B at the same inode block, it > will corrupt the inode A on disk when write back inode B. > > So this patch postpone the init and mark buffer uptodate logic until > before filling correct inode data in ext4_do_update_inode() if skip read > I/O, ensure the buffer is real uptodate. > > Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Looks good. Just some language fixes below. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > --- > fs/ext4/inode.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c > index d0d7a5295bf9..02d910c9d8f1 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c > @@ -4367,9 +4367,11 @@ static int __ext4_get_inode_loc(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino, > } > brelse(bitmap_bh); > if (i == start + inodes_per_block) { > - /* all other inodes are free, so skip I/O */ > - memset(bh->b_data, 0, bh->b_size); > - set_buffer_uptodate(bh); > + /* > + * All other inodes are free, skip I/O. Return > + * un-inited buffer (which is postponed until I'd repharse this sentence as: Return uninitialized buffer immediately, initialization is postponed until shortly before we fill inode contents. > + * before filling inode data) immediately. > + */ > unlock_buffer(bh); > goto has_buffer; > } > @@ -5026,6 +5028,24 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle, > gid_t i_gid; > projid_t i_projid; > > + /* > + * If the buffer is not uptodate, it means all information of inode ^^^^^^^^ of the inode is > + * in memory and we got this buffer without reading the block. We > + * must be cautious that once we mark the buffer as uptodate, we > + * rely on filling in the correct inode data later in this function. > + * Otherwise if we getting the left falsepositive buffer when I'd rephrase this sentence as: Otherwise if we left uptodate buffer without copying proper inode contents, we could corrupt the inode on disk after allocating another inode in the same block. Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR