From: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, jack@suse.cz,
yi.zhang@huawei.com, ojaswin@linux.ibm.com,
ritesh.list@gmail.com, libaokun@linux.alibaba.com,
Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 14:08:36 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260323060836.3452660-1-libaokun@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls
ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a
reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse().
However, several error paths jump to the 'out' label without
releasing iloc.bh:
- ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure
- sync_dirty_buffer() failure
- ext4_mark_inode_used() failure
- ext4_iget() failure
Fix this by introducing an 'out_brelse' label placed just before
the existing 'out' label to ensure iloc.bh is always released.
Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors
properly instead of always returning 0.
Reported-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Fixes: 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>
---
fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index f575751f1cae..f1df5581fa96 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1613,19 +1613,21 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_inode(struct super_block *sb,
/* Immediately update the inode on disk. */
ret = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(NULL, NULL, iloc.bh);
if (ret)
- goto out;
+ goto out_brelse;
ret = sync_dirty_buffer(iloc.bh);
if (ret)
- goto out;
+ goto out_brelse;
ret = ext4_mark_inode_used(sb, ino);
if (ret)
- goto out;
+ goto out_brelse;
/* Given that we just wrote the inode on disk, this SHOULD succeed. */
inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
ext4_debug("Inode not found.");
- return -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ inode = NULL;
+ ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
+ goto out_brelse;
}
/*
@@ -1642,13 +1644,14 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_inode(struct super_block *sb,
ext4_inode_csum_set(inode, ext4_raw_inode(&iloc), EXT4_I(inode));
ret = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(NULL, NULL, iloc.bh);
sync_dirty_buffer(iloc.bh);
+out_brelse:
brelse(iloc.bh);
out:
iput(inode);
if (!ret)
blkdev_issue_flush(sb->s_bdev);
- return 0;
+ return ret;
}
/*
--
2.43.7
next reply other threads:[~2026-03-23 6:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-23 6:08 Baokun Li [this message]
2026-03-23 10:08 ` [PATCH] ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths Jan Kara
2026-03-23 11:05 ` Zhang Yi
2026-03-28 5:31 ` Theodore Ts'o
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