This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ext4: correct error label in ext4_rename()
to the 4.4-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ext4-correct-error-label-in-ext4_rename.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx Sat Apr 24 16:49:03 2021
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:35:07 +0800
Subject: ext4: correct error label in ext4_rename()
To: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <tytso@xxxxxxx>, <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>, <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20210423123507.1936208-1-yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
The backport of upstream patch 5dccdc5a1916 ("ext4: do not iput inode
under running transaction in ext4_rename()") introduced a regression on
the stable kernels 4.14 and older. One of the end_rename error label was
forgetting to change to release_bh, which may trigger below bug.
------------[ cut here ]------------
kernel BUG at /home/zhangyi/hulk-4.4/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:30!
...
Call Trace:
[<ffffffff8b4207b2>] ext4_rename+0x9e2/0x10c0
[<ffffffff8b331324>] ? unlazy_walk+0x124/0x2a0
[<ffffffff8b420eb5>] ext4_rename2+0x25/0x60
[<ffffffff8b335104>] vfs_rename+0x3a4/0xed0
[<ffffffff8b33a7ad>] SYSC_renameat2+0x57d/0x7f0
[<ffffffff8b33c119>] SyS_renameat+0x19/0x30
[<ffffffff8bc57bb8>] entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x18/0x78
...
---[ end trace 75346ce7c76b9f06 ]---
Fixes: 2fc8ce56985d ("ext4: do not iput inode under running transaction in ext4_rename()")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/namei.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -3561,7 +3561,7 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old
!ext4_is_child_context_consistent_with_parent(new.dir,
old.inode)) {
retval = -EXDEV;
- goto end_rename;
+ goto release_bh;
}
new.bh = ext4_find_entry(new.dir, &new.dentry->d_name,
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.4/ext4-correct-error-label-in-ext4_rename.patch
