Re: [PATCH] btrfs: btrfs_evict_inode must clear all inodes

[Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>]

On 29.01.2018 18:46, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> btrfs_evict_inode must clear all inodes or we'll hit a BUG_ON in evict().
> 
> Fixes: 3d48d9810de (btrfs: Handle uninitialised inode eviction)
> Cc: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.8+
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>


Yep, this is a genuine bug, however Liu Bo already sent a fix for that:

Btrfs: fix btrfs_evict_inode to handle abnormal inodes correctly

> ---
>  fs/btrfs/inode.c |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> --- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
> @@ -5282,6 +5282,7 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *ino
>  	trace_btrfs_inode_evict(inode);
>  
>  	if (!root) {
> +		clear_inode(inode);
>  		kmem_cache_free(btrfs_inode_cachep, BTRFS_I(inode));
>  		return;
>  	}
>