From: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
To: Boris Burkov <boris@bur.io>,
linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, kernel-team@fb.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: fix block group ref leak when scrub races with unused bg deletion
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 16:13:14 +1030 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bb7bfec5-eb4a-4f8b-9dc6-d5eabdec9bc7@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52f2ee4b5d0879b99ea8c863ee40403bb06c5345.1794441990.git.boris@bur.io>
在 2026/11/12 10:38, Boris Burkov 写道:
> btrfs_delete_unused_bgs() takes a block group off fs_info->unused_bgs
> with list_del_init() and, when discard is on, later moves it onto the
> transaction's deleted_bgs list and takes a reference for that list
> membership. Meanwhile, it is possible for scrub to add it back to the
> unused block groups list:
>
> CLEANER SCRUB
> btrfs_delete_unused_bgs()
> list_del_init(&bg->bg_list)
> scrub_enumerate_chunks()
> btrfs_mark_bg_unused(bg)
> if (list_empty(&bg->bg_list))
> btrfs_get_block_group(bg)
> list_add_tail(unused_bgs)
> list_move(&bg->bg_list, deleted_bgs)
> btrfs_get_block_group(bg)
>
> Other users of list_move() for bg->bg_list (like btrfs_mark_bg_unused
> itself) ensure that the list was empty under the bg spin lock to decide
> whether it merits a fresh reference for being linked to the list, and
> we need to apply that pattern here as well.
>
> Note that this is not abstracted to a helper function because some of
> the callers have additional logic deciding whether to link it or not and
> I think a twice used, twice unused helper would be more confusing than it
> would be helpful.
>
> Reported-by: Sashiko <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
> Link: https://sashiko.dev/#/bug/linux-821034ac-556f-4d72-af2c-d04468879af8
> Signed-off-by: Boris Burkov <boris@bur.io>
Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Thanks,
Qu
> ---
> fs/btrfs/block-group.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
> index 027830a53f7d..0b3b8843d221 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
> @@ -1830,12 +1830,15 @@ void btrfs_delete_unused_bgs(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info)
> /*
> * A concurrent scrub might have added us to the list
> * fs_info->unused_bgs, so use a list_move operation
> - * to add the block group to the deleted_bgs list.
> + * to add the block group to the deleted_bgs list. In
> + * that case the list reference moves along with it,
> + * so only take a new one if we were not on any list.
> */
> + if (list_empty(&block_group->bg_list))
> + btrfs_get_block_group(block_group);
> list_move(&block_group->bg_list,
> &trans->transaction->deleted_bgs);
> spin_unlock(&fs_info->unused_bgs_lock);
> - btrfs_get_block_group(block_group);
> }
> end_trans:
> /*
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2026-11-12 0:08 [PATCH] btrfs: fix block group ref leak when scrub races with unused bg deletion Boris Burkov
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