As in 'jbd2_fc_wait_bufs' if buffer isn't uptodate, will return -EIO without update 'journal->j_fc_off'. But 'jbd2_fc_release_bufs' will release buffer head from ‘j_fc_off - 1’ if 'bh' is NULL will terminal release which will lead to buffer head buffer head reference count leak. To solve above issue, update 'journal->j_fc_off' before return -EIO. Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd2/journal.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c index 140b070471c0..1c833d8cb0fe 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c @@ -925,8 +925,14 @@ int jbd2_fc_wait_bufs(journal_t *journal, int num_blks) wait_on_buffer(bh); put_bh(bh); journal->j_fc_wbuf[i] = NULL; - if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh))) + /* + * Update j_fc_off so jbd2_fc_release_bufs can release remain + * buffer head. + */ + if (unlikely(!buffer_uptodate(bh))) { + journal->j_fc_off = i; return -EIO; + } } return 0; -- 2.31.1