[PATCH 6.12 486/567] gfs2: fix freeze error handling

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2026-01-06T17:41:12Z

From: Alexey Velichayshiy <a.velichayshiy@ispras.ru>

[ Upstream commit 4cfc7d5a4a01d2133b278cdbb1371fba1b419174 ]

After commit b77b4a4815a9 ("gfs2: Rework freeze / thaw logic"),
the freeze error handling is broken because gfs2_do_thaw()
overwrites the 'error' variable, causing incorrect processing
of the original freeze error.

Fix this by calling gfs2_do_thaw() when gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean()
fails but ignoring its return value to preserve the original
freeze error for proper reporting.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: b77b4a4815a9 ("gfs2: Rework freeze / thaw logic")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.5+
Signed-off-by: Alexey Velichayshiy <a.velichayshiy@ispras.ru>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>
[ gfs2_do_thaw() only takes 2 params ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
fs/gfs2/super.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/gfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c
@@ -759,9 +759,7 @@ static int gfs2_freeze_super(struct supe
break;
}

- error = gfs2_do_thaw(sdp, who);
- if (error)
- goto out;
+ (void)gfs2_do_thaw(sdp, who);

if (error == -EBUSY)
fs_err(sdp, "waiting for recovery before freeze\n");