The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-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 18f2c4fcebf2582f96cbd5f2238f4f354a0e4847 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:36:58 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: check for shutdown and r/o file system in
ext4_write_inode()
If the file system has been shut down or is read-only, then
ext4_write_inode() needs to bail out early.
Also use jbd2_complete_transaction() instead of ext4_force_commit() so
we only force a commit if it is needed.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 664b434ba836..9affabd07682 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5400,9 +5400,13 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
int err;
- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC))
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(current->flags & PF_MEMALLOC) ||
+ sb_rdonly(inode->i_sb))
return 0;
+ if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
+ return -EIO;
+
if (EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal) {
if (ext4_journal_current_handle()) {
jbd_debug(1, "called recursively, non-PF_MEMALLOC!\n");
@@ -5418,7 +5422,8 @@ int ext4_write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync)
return 0;
- err = ext4_force_commit(inode->i_sb);
+ err = jbd2_complete_transaction(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_journal,
+ EXT4_I(inode)->i_sync_tid);
} else {
struct ext4_iloc iloc;
