Re: [PATCH v3] jfs: Initialize synclist in metapage allocation

[Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@oracle.com>]

On 11/22/25 8:42PM, SHAURYA RANE wrote:
> Pinging if missed

Sorry, I've been flooded with some other work and was also out on 
vacation a bit during the past month. I'm trying to catch up on a bunch 
of submitted patches now. Please be patient.

Thanks,
Shaggy

> 
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM <ssrane_b23@ee.vjti.ac.in> wrote:
>>
>> From: Shaurya Rane <ssrane_b23@ee.vjti.ac.in>
>>
>> The synclist field in struct metapage was not being initialized during
>> allocation in alloc_metapage(), leading to list corruption when the
>> metapage is later added to a transaction's sync list.
>>
>> When diUpdatePMap() calls list_add(&mp->synclist, &tblk->synclist), if
>> the synclist field contains stale data from a previous allocation (such
>> as LIST_POISON values from a freed list node), the list debugging code
>> detects the corruption and triggers a stack segment fault.
>>
>> This issue is intermittent because it only manifests when recycled
>> memory happens to contain poison values in the synclist field. The bug
>> was discovered by syzbot, which creates specific filesystem patterns
>> that reliably trigger this uninitialized memory usage.
>>
>> Initialize the synclist field with INIT_LIST_HEAD() in alloc_metapage()
>> to ensure it's in a valid state before being used in list operations.
>> This is consistent with how the wait queue is initialized in the same
>> function.
>>
>> Reported-by: syzbot+e87be72c9a6fe69996f5@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
>> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=e87be72c9a6fe69996f5
>> Signed-off-by: Shaurya Rane <ssrane_b23@ee.vjti.ac.in>
>>
>> ---
>> Tested:
>>   - Tested locally with syzbot reproducer, no errors observed
>> Changelog:
>> - Correct bug link
>> - Corrected patch format
>>
>>   fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c | 1 +
>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
>> index 871cf4fb3636..77c512a0a42b 100644
>> --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
>> +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_metapage.c
>> @@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static inline struct metapage *alloc_metapage(gfp_t gfp_mask)
>>                  mp->data = NULL;
>>                  mp->clsn = 0;
>>                  mp->log = NULL;
>> +               INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mp->synclist);
>>                  init_waitqueue_head(&mp->wait);
>>          }
>>          return mp;
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>>