linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>, <stable@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix a potential fiemap/page fault deadlock w/ inline_data
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:56:53 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181225055653.9382-1-tytso@mit.edu> (raw)

The ext4_inline_data_fiemap() function calls fiemap_fill_next_extent()
while still holding the xattr semaphore.  This is not necessary and it
triggers a circular lockdep warning.  This is because
fiemap_fill_next_extent() could trigger a page fault when it writes
into page which triggers a page fault.  If that page is mmaped from
the inline file in question, this could very well result in a
deadlock.

This problem can be reproduced using generic/519 with a file system
configuration which has the inline_data feature enabled.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
---
 fs/ext4/inline.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 27373d88b5f0..56f6e1782d5f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1890,12 +1890,12 @@ int ext4_inline_data_fiemap(struct inode *inode,
 	physical += (char *)ext4_raw_inode(&iloc) - iloc.bh->b_data;
 	physical += offsetof(struct ext4_inode, i_block);
 
-	if (physical)
-		error = fiemap_fill_next_extent(fieinfo, start, physical,
-						inline_len, flags);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 out:
 	up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	if (physical)
+		error = fiemap_fill_next_extent(fieinfo, start, physical,
+						inline_len, flags);
 	return (error < 0 ? error : 0);
 }
 
-- 
2.19.1

                 reply	other threads:[~2018-12-25  5:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: [no followups] expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20181225055653.9382-1-tytso@mit.edu \
    --to=tytso@mit.edu \
    --cc=linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=stable@kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).