From: sashiko-bot@kernel.org
To: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
"Ext4 Developers List" <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 04:28:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <sashiko-outbox-210338@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261112040638.1576836-10-tytso@mit.edu>
Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 3 potential
issues to consider:
- [Medium] ext4: uninitialized j_trans_commit_map in
fast_commit_test_init()
- [Medium] ext4: excessive stack frame size in fast_commit-test.c test
cases
- [Low] ext4: resource leak and UAF on abort in fast_commit_test_init()
and cleanup
--
commit 0a44fff123afc676ec0d455ddc174806f24be58f
Author: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
This commit adds the ext4_fast_commit_test KUnit test suite in
fs/ext4/fast_commit-test.c and exports fast commit helpers and static stub
hooks in fs/ext4/fast_commit.c and related files.
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit-test.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit-test.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000..57745e51bea67
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit-test.c
[ ... ]
> +/* --- Suite Setup & Teardown --- */
> +
> +static void fc_cleanup_all(void *priv)
> +{
> + struct fc_test_ctx *ctx = priv;
> + int i;
> +
> + ctx->sbi->s_mount_state &= ~EXT4_FC_REPLAY;
> + ext4_fc_cleanup_test(&ctx->journal, 1, 999999);
> + ext4_fc_replay_cleanup(ctx->sb);
> +
> + for (i = 0; i < TEST_MAX_INODES; i++) {
> + if (!ctx->inodes[i].allocated)
> + continue;
> + down_write(&ctx->inodes[i].ei.i_data_sem);
> + ext4_es_remove_extent(&ctx->inodes[i].ei.vfs_inode, 0,
> + EXT_MAX_BLOCKS);
> + up_write(&ctx->inodes[i].ei.i_data_sem);
> + ext4_fc_free_inode_snap_test(&ctx->inodes[i].ei.vfs_inode);
> + }
> +
> + ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(ctx->sbi);
> + deactivate_super(ctx->sb);
> +}
> +
> +static int fast_commit_test_init(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + struct fc_test_ctx *ctx;
> + struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
> + struct super_block *sb;
> + struct fs_context *fc;
> + int i, err;
> +
> + ctx = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
> + KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, ctx);
> +
> + sbi = kunit_kzalloc(test, sizeof(*sbi), GFP_KERNEL);
> + KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, sbi);
> +
> + fc = fs_context_for_mount(&fc_fs_type, 0);
> + KUNIT_ASSERT_FALSE(test, IS_ERR(fc));
> + sb = sget_fc(fc, NULL, fc_set_anon);
> + put_fs_context(fc);
> + KUNIT_ASSERT_FALSE(test, IS_ERR(sb));
[ ... ]
> + up_write(&sb->s_umount);
> +
> + err = ext4_es_register_shrinker(sbi);
> + KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
> + ctx->shrinker_count = sbi->s_es_shrinker->count_objects;
> + ctx->shrinker_scan = sbi->s_es_shrinker->scan_objects;
> + WRITE_ONCE(sbi->s_es_shrinker->count_objects, fc_dummy_shrinker_count);
> + WRITE_ONCE(sbi->s_es_shrinker->scan_objects, fc_dummy_shrinker_scan);
> +
> + /* Mock journal, running transaction, and handle setup */
> + rwlock_init(&ctx->journal.j_state_lock);
> + spin_lock_init(&ctx->journal.j_list_lock);
> + mutex_init(&ctx->journal.j_barrier);
[Severity: Medium]
Does fast_commit_test_init() leave ctx->journal.j_trans_commit_map
uninitialized?
ctx is heap-allocated with kunit_kzalloc(). When test_fc_commit_paths()
calls ext4_fc_commit() -> ext4_fc_perform_commit() ->
jbd2_journal_lock_updates(), jbd2_might_wait_for_commit() passes
&ctx->journal.j_trans_commit_map to rwsem_acquire() and rwsem_release().
With CONFIG_LOCKDEP enabled, its NULL key in non-static memory triggers
"INFO: trying to register non-static key" and turns off lockdep via
debug_locks_off().
[ ... ]
> + kunit_activate_static_stub(test, ext4_fc_submit_bh,
> + stub_fc_submit_bh);
> + kunit_activate_static_stub(test, ext4_fc_issue_flush,
> + stub_fc_issue_flush);
> +
> + init_mock_inode_slot(ctx, &ctx->inodes[0], TEST_ROOT_INO,
> + S_IFDIR | 0755);
> + init_mock_inode_slot(ctx, &ctx->inodes[1], TEST_DIR_INO,
> + S_IFDIR | 0755);
> + init_mock_inode_slot(ctx, &ctx->inodes[2], TEST_FILE1_INO,
> + S_IFREG | 0644);
> + init_mock_inode_slot(ctx, &ctx->inodes[3], TEST_FILE2_INO,
> + S_IFREG | 0644);
> + init_mock_inode_slot(ctx, &ctx->inodes[4], TEST_SUBDIR_INO,
> + S_IFDIR | 0755);
> +
> + err = kunit_add_action_or_reset(test, fc_cleanup_all, ctx);
> + KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, err, 0);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
[Severity: Low]
Can an assertion failure in fast_commit_test_init() leak sb and leave
sbi->s_es_shrinker and sbi->s_es_stats percpu_counters registered after
KUnit frees sbi?
fc_cleanup_all() is only registered after ext4_es_register_shrinker() and
all the kunit_activate_static_stub() calls, which themselves assert on
allocation failure. Aborting in that window skips deactivate_super(sb) and
ext4_es_unregister_shrinker(sbi), causing a use-after-free once the
kunit_kzalloc()-allocated sbi is freed.
Also, in fc_cleanup_all(), calling ext4_fc_cleanup_test() only once drains
FC_Q_MAIN before splicing FC_Q_STAGING into FC_Q_MAIN, so any
ext4_fc_dentry_update entries on s_fc_dentry_q[FC_Q_STAGING] when a test
aborts are leaked.
> +
> +/* =========================================================================
> + * 1. Initialization, Eligibility, and Snapshot Stat Helpers
> + * =========================================================================
> + */
> +
> +static void test_fc_init_and_eligibility(struct kunit *test)
> +{
> + struct fc_test_ctx *ctx = test->priv;
> + struct super_block *sb = ctx->sb;
> + struct inode *inode = get_mock_inode(ctx, TEST_FILE1_INO);
> + struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
> + journal_t tmp_journal = {};
[Severity: Medium]
Does allocating tmp_journal on the stack here (and five struct dentry
objects on the stack in test_fc_replay_inode_and_dentries()) exceed
CONFIG_FRAME_WARN?
journal_t is over 1.3 KB (and over 2.2 KB with CONFIG_LOCKDEP enabled), and
the five dentries in test_fc_replay_inode_and_dentries() take ~1.6 KB with
CONFIG_LOCKDEP, triggering -Wframe-larger-than warnings or build failures
under CONFIG_WERROR. Could tmp_journal and the mock dentries be allocated
with kunit_kzalloc() or moved into struct fc_test_ctx?
--
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20261112040638.1576836-1-tytso@mit.edu?part=9
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2026-11-12 4:06 [PATCH 00/27] ext4: add lots of KUnit tests! Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 01/27] ext4: add KUinit tests for fs/ext4/extents_status.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 02/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/extents.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:28 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 03/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for ext4_ext_split() leaf and index splitting Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:15 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 04/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/xattr.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 05/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/namei.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 06/27] ext4: expand KUnit tests for fs/ext4/mballoc.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:26 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 07/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/inline.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 08/27] ext4: zero s_fc_replay_state in ext4_fc_replay_cleanup() Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 09/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/fast_commit.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:28 ` sashiko-bot [this message]
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 10/27] ext4: expand KUnit tests for fs/ext4/inode.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 11/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/ialloc.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 12/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/balloc.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 13/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/orphan.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:18 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 14/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/block_validity.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 15/27] ext4: check multi-block overlap on left traversal in add_system_zone() Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 16/27] ext4: enable full feature coverage in fs/ext4/.kunitconfig Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 17/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/super.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:27 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 18/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/sysfs.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:32 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 19/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/ioctl.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 20/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/resize.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 21/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/migrate.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:37 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 22/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/indirect.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:46 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 23/27] ext4: expand KUnit tests in fs/ext4/extents-test.c for file range operations Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:34 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 24/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/fsmap.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:30 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 25/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/move_extent.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 26/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/mmp.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:29 ` sashiko-bot
2026-11-12 4:06 ` [PATCH 27/27] ext4: add KUnit tests for fs/ext4/dir.c Theodore Ts'o
2026-11-12 4:41 ` sashiko-bot
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