ngroups is ext4_group_t (unsigned int) while next_linear_group treat it in int. If ngroups is bigger than max number described by int, it will be treat as a negative number. Then "return group + 1 >= ngroups ? 0 : group + 1;" may keep returning 0. Switch int to ext4_group_t in next_linear_group to fix the overflow. Fixes: 196e402adf2e ("ext4: improve cr 0 / cr 1 group scanning") Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index 62e7a045ad79..3cd795e98008 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -1080,8 +1080,9 @@ static inline int should_optimize_scan(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac) * Return next linear group for allocation. If linear traversal should not be * performed, this function just returns the same group */ -static int -next_linear_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, int group, int ngroups) +static ext4_group_t +next_linear_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, ext4_group_t group, + ext4_group_t ngroups) { if (!should_optimize_scan(ac)) goto inc_and_return; -- 2.30.0