From: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
To: Ye Bin <yebin@huaweicloud.com>,
tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: jack@suse.cz, Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 3/5] ext4: fix the error handling process in extents_kunit_init).
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:26:08 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ldfnxo07.ritesh.list@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260319125434.333117-4-yebin@huaweicloud.com>
Ye Bin <yebin@huaweicloud.com> writes:
> From: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
>
> The error processing in extents_kunit_init() is improper, causing
> resource leakage.
> Reconstruct the error handling process to prevent potential resource
> leaks
>
> Fixes: cb1e0c1d1fad ("ext4: kunit tests for extent splitting and conversion")
> Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@huawei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
> ---
> fs/ext4/extents-test.c | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents-test.c b/fs/ext4/extents-test.c
> index 3d4663d99eb1..4ce3f81f6409 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents-test.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents-test.c
> @@ -225,33 +225,37 @@ static int extents_kunit_init(struct kunit *test)
> (struct kunit_ext_test_param *)(test->param_value);
> int err;
>
> - sb = sget(&ext_fs_type, NULL, ext_set, 0, NULL);
> - if (IS_ERR(sb))
> - return PTR_ERR(sb);
> -
> - sb->s_blocksize = 4096;
> - sb->s_blocksize_bits = 12;
> -
> sbi = kzalloc_obj(struct ext4_sb_info);
> if (sbi == NULL)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> + sb = sget(&ext_fs_type, NULL, ext_set, 0, NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(sb)) {
> + kfree(sbi);
> + return PTR_ERR(sb);
> + }
> +
> sbi->s_sb = sb;
> sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
>
> + sb->s_blocksize = 4096;
> + sb->s_blocksize_bits = 12;
> +
> if (!param || !param->disable_zeroout)
> sbi->s_extent_max_zeroout_kb = 32;
>
> /* setup the mock inode */
> k_ctx.k_ei = kzalloc_obj(struct ext4_inode_info);
> - if (k_ctx.k_ei == NULL)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> + if (k_ctx.k_ei == NULL) {
> + err = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out_deactivate;
> + }
> ei = k_ctx.k_ei;
> inode = &ei->vfs_inode;
>
> err = ext4_es_register_shrinker(sbi);
> if (err)
> - return err;
> + goto out_deactivate;
Even though the patch looks ok, but still wanted to check if ...
Do you think we can move ext4_es_register_shrinker() before setting up
the mock inode and on error we simply return err?
That way, there won't be any ambiguity in the error handling for calling
ext4_es_unregister_shrinker()?
>
> ext4_es_init_tree(&ei->i_es_tree);
> rwlock_init(&ei->i_es_lock);
> @@ -267,8 +271,10 @@ static int extents_kunit_init(struct kunit *test)
> inode->i_sb = sb;
>
> k_ctx.k_data = kzalloc(EXT_DATA_LEN * 4096, GFP_KERNEL);
> - if (k_ctx.k_data == NULL)
> - return -ENOMEM;
> + if (k_ctx.k_data == NULL) {
> + err = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out_deactivate;
> + }
>
> /*
> * set the data area to a junk value
> @@ -313,6 +319,19 @@ static int extents_kunit_init(struct kunit *test)
> up_write(&sb->s_umount);
>
> return 0;
> +
> +out_deactivate:
> + kfree(k_ctx.k_ei);
> + k_ctx.k_ei = NULL;
> +
> + kfree(k_ctx.k_data);
> + k_ctx.k_data = NULL;
> +
> + ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi);
-ritesh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 2:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-19 12:54 [PATCH v4 0/5] Fix some issues about ext4-test Ye Bin
2026-03-19 12:54 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] ext4: fix miss unlock 'sb->s_umount' in extents_kunit_init() Ye Bin
2026-03-19 12:54 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] ext4: call deactivate_super() in extents_kunit_exit() Ye Bin
2026-03-21 7:54 ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2026-03-19 12:54 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] ext4: fix the error handling process in extents_kunit_init) Ye Bin
2026-03-20 1:56 ` Ritesh Harjani [this message]
2026-03-19 12:54 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] ext4: fix possible null-ptr-deref in extents_kunit_exit() Ye Bin
2026-03-19 12:54 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] ext4: fix possible null-ptr-deref in mbt_kunit_exit() Ye Bin
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