[cc Carlos]
This still needs to be fixed.
On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 04:26:31PM +0800, Long Li wrote:
> xfs_attr_shortform_list() only called from a non-transactional context, it
> hold ilock before alloc memory and maybe trapped in memory reclaim. Since
> commit 204fae32d5f7("xfs: clean up remaining GFP_NOFS users") removed
> GFP_NOFS flag, lockdep warning will be report as [1]. Eliminate lockdep
> false positives by use __GFP_NOLOCKDEP to alloc memory
> in xfs_attr_shortform_list().
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-xfs/000000000000e33add0616358204@xxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: syzbot+4248e91deb3db78358a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Long Li <leo.lilong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
> index 5c947e5ce8b8..8cd6088e6190 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_attr_list.c
> @@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ xfs_attr_shortform_list(
> * It didn't all fit, so we have to sort everything on hashval.
> */
> sbsize = sf->count * sizeof(*sbuf);
> - sbp = sbuf = kmalloc(sbsize, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL);
> + sbp = sbuf = kmalloc(sbsize,
> + GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOLOCKDEP | __GFP_NOFAIL);
>
> /*
> * Scan the attribute list for the rest of the entries, storing
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@xxxxxxxxxx>
Carlos, can you please pick this patch up? We're still getting new
lockdep false positives being reported from this issue, and this is
the correct fix to make right now.
-Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
