From: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH, STABLE 6.3.x] xfs: fix livelock in delayed allocation at ENOSPC
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 08:01:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2023052807-chasing-same-5643@gregkh> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZHKB/KD1yyx77fop@dread.disaster.area>
On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 08:19:40AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> A regression in 6.3.0 has been identified in XFS that causes
> filesystem corruption. It has been seen in the wild by a number of
> users, and bisected down to an issued we'd already fixed in 6.4-rc1
> with commit:
>
> 9419092fb263 ("xfs: fix livelock in delayed allocation at ENOSPC")
>
> This was reported with much less harmful symptoms (alloctor
> livelock) and it wasn't realised that it could have other, more
> impactful symptoms. A reproducer for the corruption was found
> yesterday and, soon after than, the cause of the corruption reports
> was identified.
>
> The commit applies cleanly to a 6.3.0 kernel here, so it should also
> apply cleanly to a current 6.3.x kernel. I've included the entire
> commit below in case that's easier for you.
>
> Can you please pull this commit into the next 6.3.x release as a
> matter of priority?
Now queued up, thanks.
greg k-h
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2023-05-27 22:19 [PATCH, STABLE 6.3.x] xfs: fix livelock in delayed allocation at ENOSPC Dave Chinner
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