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ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found()
authorBaokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Thu, 4 Jan 2024 14:20:38 +0000 (22:20 +0800)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Fri, 1 Mar 2024 12:34:50 +0000 (13:34 +0100)
commit0184747b552d6b5a14db3b7fcc3b792ce64dedd1
tree9028952b1f4f5fc4c4034d2344c465f0c89cb553
parentf32d2a745b02123258026e105a008f474f896d6a
ext4: avoid allocating blocks from corrupted group in ext4_mb_try_best_found()

[ Upstream commit 4530b3660d396a646aad91a787b6ab37cf604b53 ]

Determine if the group block bitmap is corrupted before using ac_b_ex in
ext4_mb_try_best_found() to avoid allocating blocks from a group with a
corrupted block bitmap in the following concurrency and making the
situation worse.

ext4_mb_regular_allocator
  ext4_lock_group(sb, group)
  ext4_mb_good_group
   // check if the group bbitmap is corrupted
  ext4_mb_complex_scan_group
   // Scan group gets ac_b_ex but doesn't use it
  ext4_unlock_group(sb, group)
                           ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(group)
                           // The block bitmap was corrupted during
                           // the group unlock gap.
  ext4_mb_try_best_found
    ext4_lock_group(ac->ac_sb, group)
    ext4_mb_use_best_found
      mb_mark_used
      // Allocating blocks in block bitmap corrupted group

Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240104142040.2835097-7-libaokun1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
fs/ext4/mballoc.c