This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ext4: fix to check return value of freeze_bdev() in ext4_shutdown()
to the 6.4-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-fix-to-check-return-value-of-freeze_bdev-in-ext4_shutdown.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.4 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From c4d13222afd8a64bf11bc7ec68645496ee8b54b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2023 15:32:03 +0800
Subject: ext4: fix to check return value of freeze_bdev() in ext4_shutdown()
From: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
commit c4d13222afd8a64bf11bc7ec68645496ee8b54b9 upstream.
freeze_bdev() can fail due to a lot of reasons, it needs to check its
reason before later process.
Fixes: 783d94854499 ("ext4: add EXT4_IOC_GOINGDOWN ioctl")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230606073203.1310389-1-chao@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/ioctl.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -797,6 +797,7 @@ static int ext4_shutdown(struct super_bl
{
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
__u32 flags;
+ int ret;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
return -EPERM;
@@ -815,7 +816,9 @@ static int ext4_shutdown(struct super_bl
switch (flags) {
case EXT4_GOING_FLAGS_DEFAULT:
- freeze_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
+ ret = freeze_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
set_bit(EXT4_FLAGS_SHUTDOWN, &sbi->s_ext4_flags);
thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev);
break;
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from chao@xxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.4/erofs-avoid-infinite-loop-in-z_erofs_do_read_page-wh.patch
queue-6.4/f2fs-don-t-reset-unchangable-mount-option-in-f2fs_remount.patch
queue-6.4/f2fs-fix-deadlock-in-i_xattr_sem-and-inode-page-lock.patch
queue-6.4/erofs-avoid-useless-loops-in-z_erofs_pcluster_readmo.patch
queue-6.4/erofs-fix-fsdax-unavailability-for-chunk-based-regul.patch
queue-6.4/ext4-fix-to-check-return-value-of-freeze_bdev-in-ext4_shutdown.patch
