From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>,
Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y 2/2] xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:09:32 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260824000932.2649491-2-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260824000932.2649491-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
[ Upstream commit 527eaaefddb6ec5c83a06c9a1559960dd6361753 ]
LOLLM points out that online fsck can livelock if an unlinked inode list
contains a loop. Use a bitmap to detect cycles.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.15
Fixes: a12890aebb8959 ("xfs: scrub the AGI")
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Assisted-by: LOLLM # finding obvious bugs
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
| 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
| 17 +++++++++++--
2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
--git a/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader.c
index 7c44ea7a26c95..fb403a7bf4310 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader.c
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
#include "xfs_inode.h"
#include "scrub/scrub.h"
#include "scrub/common.h"
+#include "scrub/bitmap.h"
+#include "scrub/agino_bitmap.h"
int
xchk_setup_agheader(
@@ -935,7 +937,8 @@ xchk_agi_xref(
/*
* Walk the incore unlinked list for a particular AGI bucket to construct
* the unlinked inode bitmap for later reconstruction of the unlinked list.
- * Returns 1 if we should keep checking, or 0 to stop checking.
+ * Returns 1 if we should keep checking, 0 to stop checking, or a negative
+ * errno.
*/
static int
xchk_iunlink_bucket(
@@ -943,36 +946,57 @@ xchk_iunlink_bucket(
unsigned int bucket,
xfs_agino_t agino)
{
+ struct xagino_bitmap seen;
+ int ret;
+
+ xagino_bitmap_init(&seen);
+
while (agino != NULLAGINO) {
struct xfs_inode *ip;
+ unsigned int len = 1;
if (agino % XFS_AGI_UNLINKED_BUCKETS != bucket) {
xchk_block_set_corrupt(sc, sc->sa.agi_bp);
- return 0;
+ goto bad;
+ }
+
+ if (xagino_bitmap_test(&seen, agino, &len)) {
+ xchk_block_set_corrupt(sc, sc->sa.agi_bp);
+ goto bad;
}
ip = xfs_iunlink_lookup(sc->sa.pag, agino);
if (!ip) {
xchk_block_set_corrupt(sc, sc->sa.agi_bp);
- return 0;
+ goto bad;
}
if (!xfs_inode_on_unlinked_list(ip)) {
xchk_block_set_corrupt(sc, sc->sa.agi_bp);
- return 0;
+ goto bad;
}
+ ret = xagino_bitmap_set(&seen, agino, 1);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_bitmap;
+
agino = ip->i_next_unlinked;
}
-
- return 1;
+ ret = 1;
+
+out_bitmap:
+ xagino_bitmap_destroy(&seen);
+ return ret;
+bad:
+ ret = 0;
+ goto out_bitmap;
}
/*
* Check the unlinked buckets for links to bad inodes. We hold the AGI, so
* there cannot be any threads updating unlinked list pointers in this AG.
*/
-STATIC void
+STATIC int
xchk_iunlink(
struct xfs_scrub *sc,
struct xfs_agi *agi)
@@ -985,8 +1009,10 @@ xchk_iunlink(
ret = xchk_iunlink_bucket(sc, i,
be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_unlinked[i]));
if (ret < 1)
- return;
+ return ret;
}
+
+ return 0;
}
/* Scrub the AGI. */
@@ -1073,7 +1099,9 @@ xchk_agi(
if (pag->pagi_freecount != be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_freecount))
xchk_block_set_corrupt(sc, sc->sa.agi_bp);
- xchk_iunlink(sc, agi);
+ error = xchk_iunlink(sc, agi);
+ if (error)
+ goto out;
xchk_agi_xref(sc);
out:
--git a/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader_repair.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader_repair.c
index d18944449b3a9..6ed9c6fa52116 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader_repair.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/agheader_repair.c
@@ -1096,18 +1096,22 @@ xrep_iunlink_walk_ondisk_bucket(
struct xrep_agi *ragi,
unsigned int bucket)
{
+ struct xagino_bitmap seen;
struct xfs_scrub *sc = ragi->sc;
struct xfs_agi *agi = ragi->agi_bp->b_addr;
xfs_agino_t prev_agino = NULLAGINO;
xfs_agino_t next_agino;
int error = 0;
+ xagino_bitmap_init(&seen);
+
next_agino = be32_to_cpu(agi->agi_unlinked[bucket]);
while (next_agino != NULLAGINO) {
xfs_agino_t agino = next_agino;
+ unsigned int len = 1;
if (xchk_should_terminate(ragi->sc, &error))
- return error;
+ goto out_bitmap;
trace_xrep_iunlink_walk_ondisk_bucket(sc->sa.pag, bucket,
prev_agino, agino);
@@ -1115,6 +1119,9 @@ xrep_iunlink_walk_ondisk_bucket(
if (bucket != agino % XFS_AGI_UNLINKED_BUCKETS)
break;
+ if (xagino_bitmap_test(&seen, agino, &len))
+ break;
+
next_agino = xrep_iunlink_next(sc, agino);
if (!next_agino) {
error = xrep_iunlink_reload_next(ragi, prev_agino,
@@ -1123,10 +1130,16 @@ xrep_iunlink_walk_ondisk_bucket(
break;
}
+ error = xagino_bitmap_set(&seen, agino, 1);
+ if (error)
+ goto out_bitmap;
+
prev_agino = agino;
}
- return 0;
+out_bitmap:
+ xagino_bitmap_destroy(&seen);
+ return error;
}
/* Decide if this is an unlinked inode in this AG. */
--
2.53.0
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-24 0:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-20 11:37 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] xfs: don't livelock in scrub on a circular unlinked list" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree gregkh
2026-08-24 0:09 ` [PATCH 6.18.y 1/2] xfs: hoist per-bucket unlinked list check to helper Sasha Levin
2026-08-24 0:09 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
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