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=1794272770; b=iENGrV5Qmk2LOmkkbKavYN5nXBAXT8zKe7y1fu0wCYLcQOA9Dgo4DHWnrMj7JLDNe3NI v3zV1bBfXuoLXdpQ+TBJvn8mKrhiAKd/KnziRdMeFwsfQfGT3OuZwb2gmORbM44Av+LXB lB5Oxus6mlKAYz7+9JxYBLTy5nCEa/FnvOq+gZXEpACVXPuNbyiqLd7MnE9qHaMgAxbaE 1CouyTkCRUgI4y9S3TXGm/ZUWpwjTvUJwgJcgZEsq41eKUJnWcLYF7XvNmOyspgSe2zGr 85TF87g/tqcYj0EAinoR8mwNvI1vg+5ENOdZEUaIR2tDV/35VRL0IH8mFJEubItm/mw== ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc20261015; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; t=1794272770; h=Received:DKIM-Signature:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:X-Mailer: MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; bh=IqzYgbCeLXs1HfZFfrBXCcBqZS8tKxRBkcLceKYPH+A=; b=Ibp4ybFNDuGenpdNaDU7M5Wmg6kc4VELyray8sg+uby0ORTdjGutYWD7a4OuAed2VwqE YUW3G6G9QqZUTOyPKLDA4GGrjCdP+DhUNb2sdJc1StJUp+fR9L0Zjxi8moZpHhHX/21ns iJtuzLT4/fYVBkb3hvu76SSMqla0uU3WnCg44dlPCBmGaolu2PAGhEgynkVMF0Hl/NVw0 4OLDy5EFrIiK9YHmGbtdVyIaeV1xhg2/jchBQfdtTdIzZBAluspje9nkLwyDz/oBvMape PW8TMl5MWXS8mAS4P2gS2SDR115xIv4dAPAvfb2yOIyl1cAK+Vd3Efbl9qzQRDXYnUQ== 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=WYBpGYTi; 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 2F1CA60A2603 for ; Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:06:09 +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=WYBpGYTi Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 789681F0089F; Tue, 10 Nov 2026 01:06:08 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1794272769; bh=IqzYgbCeLXs1HfZFfrBXCcBqZS8tKxRBkcLceKYPH+A=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date; b=WYBpGYTiPeu4Ag1kRQpfsFrycZELtiZyFPSrwBjJpnWVYeaNSKF00Py18CiZb1XhS JDZp4YMBg179tykYpdL9gk9bQbWHzfPSsae1Afvr3RBOMwKzeWYyhWSRlh4YyPUEyk TMzz+MPJYQToEmkD4utcPshqY5PgUsegInvSVairf98T0+uCTKBWh5AWkMpp48zB1/ AF4vuQdAKixHxtiIFrh9W6tn7G8PUvwPpcPo6nWFjHHVd/cmD0VcRZ+rD/laWa7PNK aAwq6A69+LQnW6po1/sEeAAXrquH9y/mPO0j4GsOBcqnriEI7Jh3jzKg7cFF6JuU1n wf/Dm8/MHeQHQ== 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 6.12-stable tree Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2026 20:06:06 -0500 Message-ID: <20261109200606-failed-6.12-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 6.12-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-6.12.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x e21a6f39aa6d0336ffbf5f34e5fa20ff8de36773 # git commit -s git send-email --to '' --in-reply-to '20261109200606-failed-6.12-e21a6f39aa6d@kernel.org' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.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