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libext2fs: relock CACHE_MTX after calling ->write_error master next
authorDarrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:25:58 +0000 (09:25 -0700)
committerDarrick J. Wong <djwong@kernel.org>
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:54 +0000 (17:00 -0700)
commit4b02eb164221c079b428566499343af2766c2ec3
treee42a8ef880066dd9b7bf21c04a7181213b92c847
parentb646a80722c0a1412377f854d75538f9a022f949
libext2fs: relock CACHE_MTX after calling ->write_error

In the UNIX I/O manager, we drop CACHE_MTX before calling the
->write_error handler in case it decides to retry the failed write.
Therefore, we must retake the lock after it returns, to ensure
consistent lock state when flush_cached_blocks returns.

Cc: <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org> # v1.46.6
Fixes: 0e0c7537eb5fdc ("libext2fs: unix_io: fix_potential error path deadlock in flush_cached_blocks()")
Signed-off-by: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@kernel.org>
lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c