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quota: Fix race of dquot_scan_active() with quota deactivation
authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Fri, 27 Feb 2026 13:22:16 +0000 (14:22 +0100)
committerJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:15:36 +0000 (13:15 +0100)
commite93ab401da4b2e2c1b8ef2424de2f238d51c8b2d
treec3b87682b75e4da6dea4aebcd109dee911c0b5dc
parent08841b06fa64d8edbd1a21ca6e613420c90cc4b8
quota: Fix race of dquot_scan_active() with quota deactivation

dquot_scan_active() can race with quota deactivation in
quota_release_workfn() like:

  CPU0 (quota_release_workfn)         CPU1 (dquot_scan_active)
  ==============================      ==============================
  spin_lock(&dq_list_lock);
  list_replace_init(
    &releasing_dquots, &rls_head);
    /* dquot X on rls_head,
       dq_count == 0,
       DQ_ACTIVE_B still set */
  spin_unlock(&dq_list_lock);
  synchronize_srcu(&dquot_srcu);
                                      spin_lock(&dq_list_lock);
                                      list_for_each_entry(dquot,
                                          &inuse_list, dq_inuse) {
                                        /* finds dquot X */
                                        dquot_active(X) -> true
                                        atomic_inc(&X->dq_count);
                                      }
                                      spin_unlock(&dq_list_lock);
  spin_lock(&dq_list_lock);
  dquot = list_first_entry(&rls_head);
  WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&dquot->dq_count));

The problem is not only a cosmetic one as under memory pressure the
caller of dquot_scan_active() can end up working on freed dquot.

Fix the problem by making sure the dquot is removed from releasing list
when we acquire a reference to it.

Fixes: 869b6ea1609f ("quota: Fix slow quotaoff")
Reported-by: Sam Sun <samsun1006219@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAEkJfYPTt3uP1vAYnQ5V2ZWn5O9PLhhGi5HbOcAzyP9vbXyjeg@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
fs/quota/dquot.c
include/linux/quotaops.h