From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; t=1794046378; b=eWArxgqGXtGMezF0oyFtGFdf4+DGGg/69WwdSbQv7DFeOnNB0mcwYaPh+3lipmPj6Zvh yYx9sxaa72busSEzRKSZ7UAoI8gZU5JpjsbVsZTsY7dVYDu6bDsTZxfR9IW+q+bHgxjhC 4zT69KCK0+0IvbrLj5ZUyGUxIatJY9KdF/xxLkq9RZCHuUaxTpRnkDD/ljzxb6oFvtVMe j4uwudBHt2t7mnUMeRMfRYbbrLtiBYUYsYuJMCFyo/IQzuxZ1d6k4ddrwVAadyxnixE1J 8zQKbhI22wpJthrSPbbbeBUlMt79NMQd/8PIe7572JRKnRxC2Gwo1HjwQNX3xaF4cwg== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1794046378; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:X-Mailer: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=yeJ/cbpgQplQRcUAyuZlpjA7AqA7et0ru9c47XsR0ps=; b=RyjHtPc0y827JfebHzBf0NvdOIe58YuLmtn6gQKTpJh+fRxNMAbbCmucKU3kgwfvFz5t OHg7fGBdISLX0Nag0FSvdoVDXvDK9Eme8s0Wgcj20gR++EflgZ5gNLcMFMr2OfnsVY/cU RQoteyiwwLnY6tqvWpmnEdJtSkc4jCqX1VwWXxNFvbIzLgYjYxxWGNQN/3BDR51ZvZMwy mLPzeI89sJp8s+ZKpT9B811IAjAQO9fP5bG2XyD9qznxVNECIPrnPHpO5KsOaq/3SuX4t AgRRRgnafTwPW2wbr3OgTFfd7rzAtNCnYQAzPFUphtgPNk8fbkzHHKMkglSzVqRr2sw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=VsKhpeby; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=100.103.45.18 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (quasi.space.kernel.org [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (prime256v1)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B191606A326 for ; Sat, 7 Nov 2026 10:12:58 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=k20260515 header.b=VsKhpeby Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BF4E81F0089F; Sat, 7 Nov 2026 10:12:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1794046378; bh=yeJ/cbpgQplQRcUAyuZlpjA7AqA7et0ru9c47XsR0ps=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date; b=VsKhpebyuSQFMNocgv5UeJbsG38dwVS6+KPys9GWis4sgzLB0w6KfVVZgfCPhkiLp Bu8mPQxOt9II6YfmwVMmy+Oaz3Tnc4KuAvyhewDsm1LTvbjI5MvljZclH2H7P1BPqE Lv3ErCGZ3WRsCTNWs5xfiEfo+WXmXEzgadfg14BQVgMzDdok82e+F3tacSKjym/Jlb 3ZGIrENY+GB8kMHFQ5mBW8X9y1N/KiEw0jMNYkkSTgbERBjw3VS99Av69fvqyHINlG 8QKyOu5mJr5s9fWVDapVG5uHf0LIErlqlsQf+kUGKew9CmEkz0fJF1geEe20+yxaW5 ut+EsHfcxe6zg== From: Sasha Levin To: zenghongling@kylinos.cn, hyc.lee@gmail.com, liubaolin@kylinos.cn, linkinjeon@kernel.org Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ntfs: fail remount on sync errors and keep the dirty bit on SB_FORCE" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 05:12:56 -0500 Message-ID: <20261107051256-failed-6.18-17a1edda75fd@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Owner: Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to . To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 17a1edda75fd371f36085b1568e0b70baff99969 # git commit -s git send-email --to '' --in-reply-to '20261107051256-failed-6.18-17a1edda75fd@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..' Thanks, Sasha ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 17a1edda75fd371f36085b1568e0b70baff99969 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hongling Zeng Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:32:52 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] ntfs: fail remount on sync errors and keep the dirty bit on SB_FORCE ntfs_reconfigure() currently ignores sync_filesystem() errors, allowing a regular read-only remount to succeed even when dirty data was not synced. Check the error and fail regular remounts, leaving the superblock read-write so ntfs_put_super() can retry at unmount. SB_FORCE does not wait for writers already in progress, so it must not clear the on-disk dirty bit. Warn and continue on sync errors for SB_FORCE. A forced remount updates the dirty state only when errors have been recorded, and never clears the dirty bit. Skip the commit if that state update fails, since the in-memory flags may be inconsistent. Reported-by: Hyunchul Lee Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Hongling Zeng Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee Reviewed-by: Baolin Liu Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon --- fs/ntfs/super.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs/super.c b/fs/ntfs/super.c index 0ec4d2ddf6219..6a107ec0d0f68 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs/super.c +++ b/fs/ntfs/super.c @@ -273,7 +273,13 @@ static int ntfs_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc) ntfs_debug("Entering with remount"); - sync_filesystem(sb); + err = sync_filesystem(sb); + if (err) { + ntfs_warning(sb, "Failed to sync the filesystem."); + /* A forced remount must still turn the superblock read-only. */ + if (!(fc->sb_flags & SB_FORCE)) + return err; + } /* * For the read-write compiled driver, if we are remounting read-write, @@ -336,11 +342,20 @@ static int ntfs_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc) * or flush fails the remount, leaving the superblock * read-write so ntfs_put_super() retries at unmount. */ - err = ntfs_sync_volume_dirty_state(vol); - if (err) { - ntfs_warning(sb, - "Failed to update dirty bit in volume information flags. Run chkdsk."); - return err; + /* + * A forced remount does not drain writers in progress, + * so one may still be modifying metadata when the flags + * are committed: never clear the dirty bit then; if + * errors have been recorded, the update preserves or + * sets it; otherwise, skip the update entirely. + */ + if (!(fc->sb_flags & SB_FORCE) || NVolErrors(vol)) { + err = ntfs_sync_volume_dirty_state(vol); + if (err) { + ntfs_warning(sb, + "Failed to update dirty bit in volume information flags. Run chkdsk."); + return err; + } } if (NInoDirty(NTFS_I(vol->vol_ino))) { /* ntfs_commit_inode() would discard the error. */ -- 2.53.0