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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	patches@lists.linux.dev, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
	Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>,
	linux-afs@lists.infradead.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 7.0 270/461] netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 21:46:39 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260528194654.984963048@linuxfoundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260528194646.819809818@linuxfoundation.org>

7.0-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>

[ Upstream commit 9871938f99cc6cb266a77265491660e2375271f5 ]

Fix netfs_write_single() and afs_single_writepages() to better handle a
write that would be skipped due to lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE by
returning 1 from netfs_write_single() if it skipped and making
afs_single_writepages() skip also.  If a skip occurs, the inode must be
re-marked as the VFS may have cleared the mark.

This is really only theoretical for directories in netfs_write_single() as
the only path to that is through afs_single_writepages() that takes the
->validate_lock around it, thereby serialising it.

Fixes: 6dd80936618c ("afs: Use netfslib for directories")
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260512123404.719402-24-dhowells@redhat.com
cc: Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@auristor.com>
cc: linux-afs@lists.infradead.org
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/afs/dir.c           | 11 ++++++++++-
 fs/netfs/write_issue.c |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/afs/dir.c b/fs/afs/dir.c
index 78caef3f13388..068a892d39c4e 100644
--- a/fs/afs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/afs/dir.c
@@ -2206,7 +2206,14 @@ int afs_single_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	/* Need to lock to prevent the folio queue and folios from being thrown
 	 * away.
 	 */
-	down_read(&dvnode->validate_lock);
+	if (!down_read_trylock(&dvnode->validate_lock)) {
+		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+			/* The VFS will have undirtied the inode. */
+			netfs_single_mark_inode_dirty(&dvnode->netfs.inode);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		down_read(&dvnode->validate_lock);
+	}
 
 	if (is_dir ?
 	    test_bit(AFS_VNODE_DIR_VALID, &dvnode->flags) :
@@ -2214,6 +2221,8 @@ int afs_single_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		iov_iter_folio_queue(&iter, ITER_SOURCE, dvnode->directory, 0, 0,
 				     i_size_read(&dvnode->netfs.inode));
 		ret = netfs_writeback_single(mapping, wbc, &iter);
+		if (ret == 1)
+			ret = 0; /* Skipped write due to lock conflict. */
 	}
 
 	up_read(&dvnode->validate_lock);
diff --git a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
index 03961622996be..c03c7cc45e471 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
@@ -830,6 +830,9 @@ static int netfs_write_folio_single(struct netfs_io_request *wreq,
  *
  * Write a monolithic, non-pagecache object back to the server and/or
  * the cache.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 if successful; 1 if skipped due to lock conflict and WB_SYNC_NONE;
+ * or a negative error code.
  */
 int netfs_writeback_single(struct address_space *mapping,
 			   struct writeback_control *wbc,
@@ -846,8 +849,10 @@ int netfs_writeback_single(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	if (!mutex_trylock(&ictx->wb_lock)) {
 		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+			/* The VFS will have undirtied the inode. */
+			netfs_single_mark_inode_dirty(&ictx->inode);
 			netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wb_lock_skip);
-			return 0;
+			return 1;
 		}
 		netfs_stat(&netfs_n_wb_lock_wait);
 		mutex_lock(&ictx->wb_lock);
-- 
2.53.0




  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-28 20:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260528194646.819809818@linuxfoundation.org>
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 250/461] netfs: Fix cancellation of a DIO and single read subrequests Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 251/461] netfs: Fix missing locking around retry adding new subreqs Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 252/461] netfs: Fix missing barriers when accessing stream->subrequests locklessly Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 253/461] netfs: Fix netfs_read_to_pagecache() to pause on subreq failure Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 254/461] netfs: Fix potential for tearing in ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 255/461] netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 256/461] netfs: fix VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() issue in netfs_write_begin() call Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 257/461] netfs: Fix overrun check in netfs_extract_user_iter() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 258/461] netfs: Fix netfs_invalidate_folio() to clear dirty bit if all changes gone Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 259/461] netfs: Defer the emission of trace_netfs_folio() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 260/461] netfs: Fix streaming write being overwritten Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 261/461] netfs: Fix potential deadlock in write-through mode Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 262/461] netfs: Fix read-gaps to remove netfs_folio from filled folio Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 263/461] netfs: Fix write streaming disablement if fd open O_RDWR Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 264/461] netfs: Fix early put of sink folio in netfs_read_gaps() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 265/461] netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 266/461] netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 267/461] netfs: Fix partial invalidation of streaming-write folio Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 268/461] netfs: Fix folio->private handling in netfs_perform_write() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 269/461] netfs: Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait on writeback Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:46 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2026-05-28 19:46 ` [PATCH 7.0 271/461] afs: Fix the locking used by afs_get_link() Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-05-28 19:48 ` [PATCH 7.0 377/461] cifs: Fix undefined variables Greg Kroah-Hartman

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