linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] fs/mbcache: make sure mb_cache

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Date:   Tue, 9 Jan 2018 23:58:12 -0500
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jiang Biao <jiang.biao2@....com.cn>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        ebiggers@...gle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz,
        zhong.weidong@....com.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] fs/mbcache: make sure mb_cache_count() not return
 negative value.

I think I've found the cause of it, but having a sanity check is a
good idea.  I've simplified the patch and its description, though.
This is what I have in my tree.

     	    	 	    	      - Ted

commit 252194e48f00d146de303822bba8c3568ca127cd
Author: Jiang Biao <jiang.biao2@....com.cn>
Date:   Tue Jan 9 23:57:52 2018 -0500

    mbcache: make sure c_entry_count is not decremented past zero
    
    Signed-off-by: Jiang Biao <jiang.biao2@....com.cn>
    Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
    CC: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@...gle.com>
    CC: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
    CC: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 0851af5c1c3d..f2f15b747bed 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -239,7 +239,9 @@ void mb_cache_entry_delete(struct mb_cache *cache, u32 key, u64 value)
 			spin_lock(&cache->c_list_lock);
 			if (!list_empty(&entry->e_list)) {
 				list_del_init(&entry->e_list);
-				cache->c_entry_count--;
+				if (!WARN_ONCE(cache->c_entry_count == 0,
+		"mbcache: attempt to decrement c_entry_count past zero"))
+					cache->c_entry_count--;
 				atomic_dec(&entry->e_refcnt);
 			}
 			spin_unlock(&cache->c_list_lock);