From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Christian Brauner <christian@brauner.io>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>,
Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>,
netfs@lists.linux.dev, linux-afs@lists.infradead.org,
linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org, ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v5 14/24] netfs: Fix potential deadlock in write-through mode
Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:17:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260428131756.922303-15-dhowells@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260428131756.922303-1-dhowells@redhat.com>
Fix netfs_advance_writethrough() to always unlock the supplied folio. It's
been marked for writeback and the caller is holding both inode->i_rwsem and
ictx->wb_lock, so there shouldn't be any danger of truncation, migration,
fallocation, flushing or other I/O interfering whilst the folio is
unlocked.
Note that this may be easier to deal with once the queuing of folios is split
from the generation of subrequests.
Fixes: 288ace2f57c9 ("netfs: New writeback implementation")
Closes: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260427154639.180684-1-dhowells%40redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
cc: Paulo Alcantara <pc@manguebit.org>
cc: netfs@lists.linux.dev
cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
---
fs/netfs/write_issue.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
index b0e9690bb90c..0b07ebecb157 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/write_issue.c
@@ -665,8 +665,10 @@ int netfs_advance_writethrough(struct netfs_io_request *wreq, struct writeback_c
}
wreq->len += copied;
- if (!to_page_end)
+ if (!to_page_end) {
+ folio_unlock(folio);
return 0;
+ }
*writethrough_cache = NULL;
return netfs_write_folio(wreq, wbc, folio);
@@ -683,8 +685,10 @@ ssize_t netfs_end_writethrough(struct netfs_io_request *wreq, struct writeback_c
_enter("R=%x", wreq->debug_id);
- if (writethrough_cache)
+ if (writethrough_cache) {
+ folio_lock(writethrough_cache);
netfs_write_folio(wreq, wbc, writethrough_cache);
+ }
netfs_end_issue_write(wreq);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-28 13:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-28 13:17 [PATCH v5 00/24] netfs: Miscellaneous fixes David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 01/24] netfs: Fix cancellation of a DIO and single read subrequests David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 02/24] netfs: Fix missing locking around retry adding new subreqs David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 03/24] netfs: Fix missing barriers when accessing stream->subrequests locklessly David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 04/24] netfs: Fix netfs_read_to_pagecache() to pause on subreq failure David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 05/24] netfs: Fix potential for tearing in ->remote_i_size and ->zero_point David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 06/24] netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 07/24] netfs: fix VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO() issue in netfs_write_begin() call David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 08/24] netfs: fix error handling in netfs_extract_user_iter() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 09/24] netfs: Fix overrun check " David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 10/24] netfs: Fix potential uninitialised var " David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 11/24] netfs: Fix netfs_invalidate_folio() to clear dirty bit if all changes gone David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 12/24] netfs: Defer the emission of trace_netfs_folio() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 13/24] netfs: Fix streaming write being overwritten David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` David Howells [this message]
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 15/24] netfs: Fix read-gaps to remove netfs_folio from filled folio David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 16/24] netfs: Fix write streaming disablement if fd open O_RDWR David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 17/24] netfs: Fix early put of sink folio in netfs_read_gaps() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 18/24] netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 19/24] netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 20/24] netfs: Fix partial invalidation of streaming-write folio David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 21/24] netfs: Fix folio->private handling in netfs_perform_write() David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 22/24] netfs: Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait on writeback David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 23/24] netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages David Howells
2026-04-28 13:17 ` [PATCH v5 24/24] afs: Fix the locking used by afs_get_link() David Howells
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