From: Moritz Tanner <moritz.tanner@linbit.com>
To: fstests@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Zorro Lang <zlang@kernel.org>,
Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg@linbit.com>,
Moritz Tanner <moritz.tanner@linbit.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: [PATCH] generic: test bdev freeze count leak on nested thaw
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2026 08:59:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260917065938.51819-1-moritz.tanner@linbit.com> (raw)
Since kernel v6.8, a nested thaw that drops its freeze reference
while other freezers remain returns -EINVAL although it succeeded.
bdev_thaw() then keeps bd_fsfreeze_count elevated, and since
device-mapper's unlock_fs() ignores the error, a dm suspend/resume
cycle on a filesystem frozen with FIFREEZE leaks the count. After
unfreezing and unmounting, the block device can never be mounted
again:
dm-1: Can't mount, blockdev is frozen
Add a regression test that freezes a filesystem on a dm-linear
device, runs a dm suspend/resume cycle inside the freeze, unfreezes
and remounts. On buggy kernels the final mount fails with EBUSY.
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Lore: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20260821085451.65206-1-moritz.tanner@linbit.com/
Signed-off-by: Moritz Tanner <moritz.tanner@linbit.com>
---
tests/generic/802 | 69 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/generic/802.out | 2 ++
2 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
create mode 100755 tests/generic/802
create mode 100644 tests/generic/802.out
diff --git a/tests/generic/802 b/tests/generic/802
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d3b84200
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/generic/802
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (c) 2026 LINBIT HA-Solutions GmbH. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# FS QA Test 802
+#
+# Test that a device-mapper suspend/resume cycle on a filesystem that is
+# already frozen by userspace does not leak a block device freeze reference.
+#
+# On buggy kernels thaw_super() returns -EINVAL for a nested thaw although
+# it dropped its freeze reference, so bdev_thaw() leaves bd_fsfreeze_count
+# elevated. Once the filesystem is unmounted, the block device can never
+# be mounted again:
+#
+# dm-1: Can't mount, blockdev is frozen
+#
+. ./common/preamble
+_begin_fstest auto quick freeze mount
+
+_fixed_by_kernel_commit fe967191e585 \
+ "fs: don't return -EINVAL for successful nested thaw"
+
+# Override the default cleanup function.
+_cleanup()
+{
+ xfs_freeze -u $SCRATCH_MNT 2>/dev/null
+ $DMSETUP_PROG resume $lvdev >> $seqres.full 2>&1
+ _unmount -q $SCRATCH_MNT
+ _dmsetup_remove $node
+ cd /
+ rm -f $tmp.*
+}
+
+_require_scratch
+_require_dm_target linear
+_require_freeze
+
+echo "Silence is golden"
+
+size=$((256 * 1024 * 1024))
+size_in_sector=$((size / 512))
+_scratch_mkfs_sized $size >> $seqres.full 2>&1
+
+node=$seq-test
+lvdev=/dev/mapper/$node
+table="0 $size_in_sector linear $SCRATCH_DEV 0"
+_dmsetup_create $node --table "$table" || \
+ _fail "failed to create dm device"
+
+_mount $lvdev $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "failed to mount dm device"
+
+# Freeze the filesystem from userspace first, then nest a block device
+# initiated freeze/thaw cycle inside it via dm suspend/resume.
+xfs_freeze -f $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "failed to freeze filesystem"
+$DMSETUP_PROG suspend $lvdev >> $seqres.full 2>&1 || \
+ _fail "failed to suspend dm device"
+$DMSETUP_PROG resume $lvdev >> $seqres.full 2>&1 || \
+ _fail "failed to resume dm device"
+xfs_freeze -u $SCRATCH_MNT || _fail "failed to unfreeze filesystem"
+
+# On buggy kernels the resume leaked a block device freeze reference,
+# and the device cannot be mounted again once unmounted.
+_unmount $SCRATCH_MNT
+_mount $lvdev $SCRATCH_MNT || \
+ _fail "failed to mount dm device after nested freeze/thaw"
+_unmount $SCRATCH_MNT
+
+status=0
+exit
diff --git a/tests/generic/802.out b/tests/generic/802.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a69c0539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/generic/802.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+QA output created by 802
+Silence is golden
--
2.55.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-17 7:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-17 6:59 Moritz Tanner [this message]
2026-09-18 9:01 ` [PATCH] generic: test bdev freeze count leak on nested thaw Christoph Hellwig
2026-09-20 12:02 ` Zorro Lang
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