The patch below does not apply to the 4.9-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 559db4c6d784ceedc2a5418ced4d357cb843e221 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:52:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: prevent data corruption with inline data + DAX If an inode has inline data it is currently prevented from using DAX by a check in ext4_set_inode_flags(). When the inode grows inline data via ext4_create_inline_data() or removes its inline data via ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(), the value of S_DAX can change. Currently these changes are unsafe because we don't hold off page faults and I/O, write back dirty radix tree entries and invalidate all mappings. There are also issues with mm-level races when changing the value of S_DAX, as well as issues with the VM_MIXEDMAP flag: https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-xfs/msg09859.html The unsafe transition of S_DAX can reliably cause data corruption, as shown by the following fstest: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9948381/ Fix this issue by preventing the DAX mount option from being used on filesystems that were created to support inline data. Inline data is an option given to mkfs.ext4. Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c index f0bbc8cb6555..1367553c43bb 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c @@ -303,11 +303,6 @@ static int ext4_create_inline_data(handle_t *handle, EXT4_I(inode)->i_inline_size = len + EXT4_MIN_INLINE_DATA_SIZE; ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS); ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); - /* - * Propagate changes to inode->i_flags as well - e.g. S_DAX may - * get cleared - */ - ext4_set_inode_flags(inode); get_bh(is.iloc.bh); error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc); @@ -452,11 +447,6 @@ static int ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle_t *handle, } } ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); - /* - * Propagate changes to inode->i_flags as well - e.g. S_DAX may - * get set. - */ - ext4_set_inode_flags(inode); get_bh(is.iloc.bh); error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc); diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index b104096fce9e..986475c0d552 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -3708,6 +3708,11 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) } if (sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DAX) { + if (ext4_has_feature_inline_data(sb)) { + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "Cannot use DAX on a filesystem" + " that may contain inline data"); + goto failed_mount; + } err = bdev_dax_supported(sb, blocksize); if (err) goto failed_mount;