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=1794272462; b=CJwejd9zm8Bp3Ku+8lxZQJV+GctkWm7v5R6Ith8NScf5MKbl3WIgvo+1PlIiJUc3VZTZ YYSKTO+LuY7Wd1W3UCCt1Z26lRINDzjZD8yF7xjBG29MMMz0HpFTgGYGjqJHjkqgXMCJW 0k+vCYqRhlmc4QwNwO0uZ9STipcQ++BCJ6pWn4LOGCA2ylbtEdwpR+K3u8qyIFM7+ZDzq BlQRC3ZBAPSafjXKBc63ogXqrt55rjs5++3f7SiS6gw/S2FgJLzIIXUJd41v6EtNaLgH7 yxloSlCZWuJ2q9AxlY9tBjZLbukCAwuJxky7LWZVhE/gZlVNjZ8KGltKJoy9kDmVUlA== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1794272462; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:X-Mailer: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=PzrhkuO81zmZ/hryvwccRfCZ5oPVH/jtcjYU7uWtjMw=; b=nK2FoWpgbmPw+pGjN5rMJGOU6o/k60xGx4vse0ycSZu+WVAvTzbGYx0nOC3czkTPTIw8 2UJtxd66aIeS703tWdXe50jiI5IeNPkKa+2ZMduYsa+P4xfsilUuaKeRAQOwcdgstmtSP jNeeWzT2Mz48EMmQxiwQKxLPpgzUtyiiGEkwDsQLRwFjgTE89UjZRjgU2j521dr2WBiVO WH36a09K/TXegrhBQjxwwzPUTTvlTy3ejmTNo9jU5ctTLVPDUKOOKa0ZySxwxUd9PYDeP hxykDel4ALhGQwbwwtWAzo6dcnR2q9N9M9WlbA36QEECIITRbojX5amHOiJGuDCCTmQ== 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=Ef64dVO6; 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 A3312606A325 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:01:01 +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=Ef64dVO6 Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E03B41F0089F; Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:01:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1794272461; bh=PzrhkuO81zmZ/hryvwccRfCZ5oPVH/jtcjYU7uWtjMw=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date; b=Ef64dVO6HkOV5uTa1KM7bnuxG+6lSIviOXODF0m8NsQVRnVEqpDcrd4gx6opVdZAC oXzXBcgmljOKAYGwu0AXHM9olcpcmEULDV1ftzVMsg3QR0LMHAZiCAJbRWmG8AnEMb p7rIzOh+1HhFYRO6LGIp9Q6+puNGoO7kNXh4ulUMqSg6cB/wdcecsrqiU0Sd50vbOE viFi/7YegY6eI8LNWRiCId/jzZnovIcp1fLbaUj9di2HtQWrINHH/5rAntxq0c/DwC GHfjzwbxdWStWKvm054SV6JPslGCHgnnjGoyeI8uol86e/KRFStioIDRt+Mb5jRkdQ 5sXr0uohmKPUA== From: Sasha Levin To: youyouyu@amazon.com, dgj@amazon.com, gunnarku@amazon.com, jack@suse.cz Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] quota: initialize dquot cache before mounting rootfs" failed to apply to 7.3-stable tree Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 20:00:59 -0500 Message-ID: <20261109200059-failed-7.3-e21a6f39aa6d@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 7.3-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-7.3.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x e21a6f39aa6d0336ffbf5f34e5fa20ff8de36773 # git commit -s git send-email --to '' --in-reply-to '20261109200059-failed-7.3-e21a6f39aa6d@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 7.3.y' 'HEAD^..' Thanks, Sasha ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From e21a6f39aa6d0336ffbf5f34e5fa20ff8de36773 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: YouYou Yu Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:12:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] quota: initialize dquot cache before mounting rootfs On some systems, a tmpfs backed rootfs is extensively used throughout system's lifecycle. tmpfs quotas are needed to limit per user rootfs usage. However, booting with CONFIG_TMPFS_QUOTA=y, an initramfs, no root= and "initramfs_options=usrquota" panics at boot: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 RIP: 0010:dqget+0x1ac/0x490 Call Trace: __dquot_initialize dquot_initialize shmem_get_inode shmem_fill_super ... mnt_init vfs_caches_init start_kernel The rootfs is mounted from mnt_init(), but the dquot hash table and cache are only set up later by dquot_init(), an fs_initcall. Creating the root inode of a quota enabled rootfs thus dereferences the NULL dquot_hash in dqget(). Rename dquot_init() to dquot_cache_init() and call it from vfs_caches_init() before mnt_init(). The slab, percpu and early workqueue code it relies on is available there, and the workqueue rescuer and shrinker debugfs entries are set up later by their own subsystems. Keep the sysctl registration in an fs_initcall, as done for the dcache, inode and mount sysctls. This only moves existing allocations earlier in boot. Fixes: 278033a225e1 ("fs: Add 'initramfs_options' to set initramfs mount options") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Assisted-by: LLM Co-developed-by: Dylan Johnson Signed-off-by: Dylan Johnson Signed-off-by: YouYou Yu Reviewed-by: Gunnar Kudrjavets Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20261021181217.20171-1-youyouyu@amazon.com Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- fs/dcache.c | 2 ++ fs/quota/dquot.c | 10 ++++++---- include/linux/quotaops.h | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c index 37d021d22a7da..a9a919bc91976 100644 --- a/fs/dcache.c +++ b/fs/dcache.c @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "internal.h" #include "mount.h" @@ -3683,6 +3684,7 @@ void __init vfs_caches_init(void) inode_init(); files_init(); files_maxfiles_init(); + dquot_cache_init(); mnt_init(); bdev_cache_init(); chrdev_init(); diff --git a/fs/quota/dquot.c b/fs/quota/dquot.c index 3ad19d7e472f6..a3d5035918714 100644 --- a/fs/quota/dquot.c +++ b/fs/quota/dquot.c @@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table fs_dqstats_table[] = { }, }; -static int __init dquot_init(void) +void __init dquot_cache_init(void) { int i, ret; unsigned long nr_hash; @@ -2966,8 +2966,6 @@ static int __init dquot_init(void) printk(KERN_NOTICE "VFS: Disk quotas %s\n", __DQUOT_VERSION__); - register_sysctl_init("fs/quota", fs_dqstats_table); - dquot_cachep = kmem_cache_create("dquot", sizeof(struct dquot), sizeof(unsigned long) * 4, (SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT| @@ -3008,7 +3006,11 @@ static int __init dquot_init(void) WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, WQ_MAX_ACTIVE); if (!quota_unbound_wq) panic("Cannot create quota_unbound_wq\n"); +} +static int __init init_fs_dquot_sysctls(void) +{ + register_sysctl_init("fs/quota", fs_dqstats_table); return 0; } -fs_initcall(dquot_init); +fs_initcall(init_fs_dquot_sysctls); diff --git a/include/linux/quotaops.h b/include/linux/quotaops.h index 0c64ca674e778..7346efc85d436 100644 --- a/include/linux/quotaops.h +++ b/include/linux/quotaops.h @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void __quota_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *func, /* * declaration of quota_function calls in kernel. */ +void dquot_cache_init(void); int dquot_initialize(struct inode *inode); bool dquot_initialize_needed(struct inode *inode); void dquot_drop(struct inode *inode); @@ -206,6 +207,10 @@ static inline int sb_has_quota_active(struct super_block *sb, int type) return 0; } +static inline void dquot_cache_init(void) +{ +} + static inline int dquot_initialize(struct inode *inode) { return 0; -- 2.53.0