From: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
To: Chen Changcheng <chenchangcheng@kylinos.cn>
Cc: chao@kernel.org, jaegeuk@kernel.org,
linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ccc194101@163.com,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: fix valid block count leak on data block allocation failure
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 08:08:12 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0b450e92-b9b0-4a55-bd16-ad106245d7e1@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260803074344.219899-1-chenchangcheng@kylinos.cn>
On 8/3/26 15:43, Chen Changcheng wrote:
> In __allocate_data_block(), when allocating a new data block
> (dn->data_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR), inc_valid_block_count() is
> called first to increment total_valid_block_count and i_blocks.
> If the subsequent f2fs_allocate_data_block() fails, the function
> returns the error directly without rolling back the
> already-incremented block counts, causing a permanent leak.
>
> Fix this by calling dec_valid_block_count() to undo the
> increment before returning the error. The condition
> old_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR precisely identifies the case where
> inc_valid_block_count() was called.
>
> Fixes: 54607494875e ("f2fs: compress: fix to avoid inconsistence bewteen i_blocks and dnode")
Should be?
Fixes: 7d009e048d7c ("f2fs: fix to handle segment allocation failure correctly")
Thanks,
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Chen Changcheng <chenchangcheng@kylinos.cn>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/data.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index a765fda71536..819631bb61ae 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -1532,8 +1532,11 @@ static int __allocate_data_block(struct dnode_of_data *dn, int seg_type)
> old_blkaddr = dn->data_blkaddr;
> err = f2fs_allocate_data_block(sbi, NULL, old_blkaddr,
> &dn->data_blkaddr, &sum, seg_type, NULL);
> - if (err)
> + if (err) {
> + if (old_blkaddr == NULL_ADDR)
> + dec_valid_block_count(sbi, dn->inode, count);
> return err;
> + }
>
> if (GET_SEGNO(sbi, old_blkaddr) != NULL_SEGNO)
> f2fs_invalidate_internal_cache(sbi, old_blkaddr, 1);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-04 0:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-22 0:54 [PATCH] f2fs: fix valid block count leak on data block allocation failure Chen Changcheng
2026-08-03 7:11 ` Chao Yu
2026-08-03 7:38 ` Chen Changcheng
2026-08-03 7:43 ` [PATCH v2] " Chen Changcheng
2026-08-04 0:08 ` Chao Yu [this message]
2026-08-04 0:54 ` [PATCH v3] " Chen Changcheng
2026-08-04 1:08 ` Chao Yu
2026-08-05 21:20 ` [f2fs-dev] " patchwork-bot+f2fs
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