From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> commit eb1f822c76beeaa76ab8b6737ab9dc9f9798408c upstream. In commit a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until quota is re-enabled") we defer clearing tyhe SB_RDONLY flag in struct super. However, we didn't defer when we checked sb_rdonly() to determine the lazy itable init thread should be enabled, with the next result that the lazy inode table initialization would not be properly started. This can cause generic/231 to fail in ext4's nojournal mode. Fix this by moving when we decide to start or stop the lazy itable init thread to after we clear the SB_RDONLY flag when we are remounting the file system read/write. Fixes a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting r/w until...") Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230527035729.1001605-1-tytso@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -6555,18 +6555,6 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_cont } /* - * Reinitialize lazy itable initialization thread based on - * current settings - */ - if (sb_rdonly(sb) || !test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE)) - ext4_unregister_li_request(sb); - else { - ext4_group_t first_not_zeroed; - first_not_zeroed = ext4_has_uninit_itable(sb); - ext4_register_li_request(sb, first_not_zeroed); - } - - /* * Handle creation of system zone data early because it can fail. * Releasing of existing data is done when we are sure remount will * succeed. @@ -6603,6 +6591,18 @@ static int __ext4_remount(struct fs_cont if (enable_rw) sb->s_flags &= ~SB_RDONLY; + /* + * Reinitialize lazy itable initialization thread based on + * current settings + */ + if (sb_rdonly(sb) || !test_opt(sb, INIT_INODE_TABLE)) + ext4_unregister_li_request(sb); + else { + ext4_group_t first_not_zeroed; + first_not_zeroed = ext4_has_uninit_itable(sb); + ext4_register_li_request(sb, first_not_zeroed); + } + if (!ext4_has_feature_mmp(sb) || sb_rdonly(sb)) ext4_stop_mmpd(sbi);