From: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 7aab5c84a0f6ec2290e2ba4a6b245178b1bf949a upstream. We inject IO error when rmdir non empty direcory, then got issue as follows: step1: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/sda step2: mount /dev/sda test step3: cd test step4: mkdir -p 1/2 step5: rmdir 1 [ 110.920551] ext4_empty_dir: inject fault [ 110.921926] EXT4-fs warning (device sda): ext4_rmdir:3113: inode #12: comm rmdir: empty directory '1' has too many links (3) step6: cd .. step7: umount test step8: fsck.ext4 -f /dev/sda e2fsck 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Entry '..' in .../??? (13) has deleted/unused inode 12. Clear<y>? yes Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Unconnected directory inode 13 (...) Connect to /lost+found<y>? yes Pass 4: Checking reference counts Inode 13 ref count is 3, should be 2. Fix<y>? yes Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/sda: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** /dev/sda: 12/131072 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 26157/524288 blocks ext4_rmdir if (!ext4_empty_dir(inode)) goto end_rmdir; ext4_empty_dir bh = ext4_read_dirblock(inode, 0, DIRENT_HTREE); if (IS_ERR(bh)) return true; Now if read directory block failed, 'ext4_empty_dir' will return true, assume directory is empty. Obviously, it will lead to above issue. To solve this issue, if read directory block failed 'ext4_empty_dir' just return false. To avoid making things worse when file system is already corrupted, 'ext4_empty_dir' also return false. Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220228024815.3952506-1-yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inline.c | 9 ++++----- fs/ext4/namei.c | 10 +++++----- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/inline.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c @@ -1783,19 +1783,20 @@ bool empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, void *inline_pos; unsigned int offset; struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de; - bool ret = true; + bool ret = false; err = ext4_get_inode_loc(dir, &iloc); if (err) { EXT4_ERROR_INODE_ERR(dir, -err, "error %d getting inode %lu block", err, dir->i_ino); - return true; + return false; } down_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem); if (!ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) { *has_inline_data = 0; + ret = true; goto out; } @@ -1804,7 +1805,6 @@ bool empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, ext4_warning(dir->i_sb, "bad inline directory (dir #%lu) - no `..'", dir->i_ino); - ret = true; goto out; } @@ -1823,16 +1823,15 @@ bool empty_inline_dir(struct inode *dir, dir->i_ino, le32_to_cpu(de->inode), le16_to_cpu(de->rec_len), de->name_len, inline_size); - ret = true; goto out; } if (le32_to_cpu(de->inode)) { - ret = false; goto out; } offset += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, inline_size); } + ret = true; out: up_read(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem); brelse(iloc.bh); --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2997,14 +2997,14 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode) if (inode->i_size < ext4_dir_rec_len(1, NULL) + ext4_dir_rec_len(2, NULL)) { EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "invalid size"); - return true; + return false; } /* The first directory block must not be a hole, * so treat it as DIRENT_HTREE */ bh = ext4_read_dirblock(inode, 0, DIRENT_HTREE); if (IS_ERR(bh)) - return true; + return false; de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data; if (ext4_check_dir_entry(inode, NULL, de, bh, bh->b_data, bh->b_size, @@ -3012,7 +3012,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode) le32_to_cpu(de->inode) != inode->i_ino || strcmp(".", de->name)) { ext4_warning_inode(inode, "directory missing '.'"); brelse(bh); - return true; + return false; } offset = ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, sb->s_blocksize); de = ext4_next_entry(de, sb->s_blocksize); @@ -3021,7 +3021,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode) le32_to_cpu(de->inode) == 0 || strcmp("..", de->name)) { ext4_warning_inode(inode, "directory missing '..'"); brelse(bh); - return true; + return false; } offset += ext4_rec_len_from_disk(de->rec_len, sb->s_blocksize); while (offset < inode->i_size) { @@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ bool ext4_empty_dir(struct inode *inode) continue; } if (IS_ERR(bh)) - return true; + return false; } de = (struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *) (bh->b_data + (offset & (sb->s_blocksize - 1)));