This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
xfs: remove unknown compat feature check in superblock write validation
to the 6.6-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:
xfs-remove-unknown-compat-feature-check-in-superbloc.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 9b593ee4d53ae22b466ab59e0b70686475261578
Author: Long Li <leo.lilong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Nov 13 17:17:15 2024 +0800
xfs: remove unknown compat feature check in superblock write validation
[ Upstream commit 652f03db897ba24f9c4b269e254ccc6cc01ff1b7 ]
Compat features are new features that older kernels can safely ignore,
allowing read-write mounts without issues. The current sb write validation
implementation returns -EFSCORRUPTED for unknown compat features,
preventing filesystem write operations and contradicting the feature's
definition.
Additionally, if the mounted image is unclean, the log recovery may need
to write to the superblock. Returning an error for unknown compat features
during sb write validation can cause mount failures.
Although XFS currently does not use compat feature flags, this issue
affects current kernels' ability to mount images that may use compat
feature flags in the future.
Since superblock read validation already warns about unknown compat
features, it's unnecessary to repeat this warning during write validation.
Therefore, the relevant code in write validation is being removed.
Fixes: 9e037cb7972f ("xfs: check for unknown v5 feature bits in superblock write verifier")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v4.19+
Signed-off-by: Long Li <leo.lilong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
index 424acdd4b0fca..50dd27b0f2157 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_sb.c
@@ -260,13 +260,6 @@ xfs_validate_sb_write(
* the kernel cannot support since we checked for unsupported bits in
* the read verifier, which means that memory is corrupt.
*/
- if (xfs_sb_has_compat_feature(sbp, XFS_SB_FEAT_COMPAT_UNKNOWN)) {
- xfs_warn(mp,
-"Corruption detected in superblock compatible features (0x%x)!",
- (sbp->sb_features_compat & XFS_SB_FEAT_COMPAT_UNKNOWN));
- return -EFSCORRUPTED;
- }
-
if (!xfs_is_readonly(mp) &&
xfs_sb_has_ro_compat_feature(sbp, XFS_SB_FEAT_RO_COMPAT_UNKNOWN)) {
xfs_alert(mp,
