From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
To: Andrey Albershteyn <aalbersh@redhat.com>
Cc: xfs <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>,
hch@infradead.org, ravising@redhat.com, leo.lilong@huawei.com
Subject: [PATCH] xfs_repair: don't fail on INCOMPLETE attrs in leaf blocks
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2026 15:50:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260316225033.GP6069@frogsfrogsfrogs> (raw)
From: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
It's far too drastic to delete the entire attr fork because doing that
destroys things like security labels. The kernel won't show incomplete
attrs so it's not a big deal.
Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
---
repair/attr_repair.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/repair/attr_repair.c b/repair/attr_repair.c
index 50159b9a533875..fe4089026cae74 100644
--- a/repair/attr_repair.c
+++ b/repair/attr_repair.c
@@ -571,7 +571,13 @@ process_leaf_attr_remote(
!libxfs_attr_namecheck(entry->flags, remotep->name,
remotep->namelen) ||
be32_to_cpu(entry->hashval) != computed ||
- be32_to_cpu(entry->hashval) < last_hashval ||
+ be32_to_cpu(entry->hashval) < last_hashval) {
+ do_warn(
+ _("inconsistent remote attribute entry %d in attr block %u, ino %" PRIu64 "\n"), i, da_bno, ino);
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ if (!(entry->flags & XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE) &&
be32_to_cpu(remotep->valueblk) == 0) {
do_warn(
_("inconsistent remote attribute entry %d in attr block %u, ino %" PRIu64 "\n"), i, da_bno, ino);
@@ -592,6 +598,9 @@ process_leaf_attr_remote(
return -1;
}
+ if (entry->flags & XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE)
+ goto out;
+
value = malloc(be32_to_cpu(remotep->valuelen));
if (value == NULL) {
do_warn(
@@ -708,12 +717,15 @@ process_leaf_attr_block(
}
if (entry->flags & XFS_ATTR_INCOMPLETE) {
- /* we are inconsistent state. get rid of us */
- do_warn(
+ /*
+ * Warn about incomplete xattrs but don't zap the
+ * entire attr fork because that causes loss of
+ * security labels. The kernel can handle stray
+ * incomplete attr entries.
+ */
+ do_log(
_("attribute entry #%d in attr block %u, inode %" PRIu64 " is INCOMPLETE\n"),
i, da_bno, ino);
- clearit = 1;
- break;
}
/* mark the entry used */
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-16 22:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-16 22:50 Darrick J. Wong [this message]
2026-03-17 9:14 ` [PATCH] xfs_repair: don't fail on INCOMPLETE attrs in leaf blocks Christoph Hellwig
2026-03-17 20:15 ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-17 20:50 ` [PATCH v2] " Darrick J. Wong
2026-03-18 5:56 ` Christoph Hellwig
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