linux-ext4 - [PATCH 1/3] ext4: always check block group bounds in ext4_init_block

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jun 2018 01:05:10 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     wen.xu@...ech.edu, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ext4: always check block group bounds in ext4_init_block_bitmap()

Regardless of whether the flex_bg feature is set, we should always
check to make sure the bits we are setting in the block bitmap are
within the block group bounds.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199865

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
---
 fs/ext4/balloc.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index b00481c475cb..8a2e202ade8a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static int ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 	unsigned int bit, bit_max;
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	ext4_fsblk_t start, tmp;
-	int flex_bg = 0;
 
 	J_ASSERT_BH(bh, buffer_locked(bh));
 
@@ -207,22 +206,19 @@ static int ext4_init_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
 
 	start = ext4_group_first_block_no(sb, block_group);
 
-	if (ext4_has_feature_flex_bg(sb))
-		flex_bg = 1;
-
 	/* Set bits for block and inode bitmaps, and inode table */
 	tmp = ext4_block_bitmap(sb, gdp);
-	if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+	if (ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
 		ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, tmp - start), bh->b_data);
 
 	tmp = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, gdp);
-	if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+	if (ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
 		ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, tmp - start), bh->b_data);
 
 	tmp = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp);
 	for (; tmp < ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) +
 		     sbi->s_itb_per_group; tmp++) {
-		if (!flex_bg || ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
+		if (ext4_block_in_group(sb, tmp, block_group))
 			ext4_set_bit(EXT4_B2C(sbi, tmp - start), bh->b_data);
 	}
 
-- 
2.18.0.rc0