linux-ext4 - [RFC PATCH 3/3] ext4: prevent partial update of the extent blocks

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Date:   Wed, 8 Sep 2021 20:08:50 +0800
From:   Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.cz>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 3/3] ext4: prevent partial update of the extent blocks

In the most error path of current extents updating operations are not
roll back partial updates properly when some bad things happens(.e.g in
ext4_ext_insert_extent()). So we may get an inconsistent extents tree
if journal has been aborted due to IO error, which may probability lead
to BUGON later when we accessing these extent entries in errors=continue
mode. This patch drop extent buffer's verify flag before updatng the
contents in ext4_ext_get_access(), and reset it after updating in
__ext4_ext_dirty(). After this patch we could force to check the extent
buffer if extents tree updating was break off, make sure the extents are
consistent.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index d2601194b462..9228de6950a2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -136,15 +136,25 @@ int ext4_datasem_ensure_credits(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 static int ext4_ext_get_access(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				struct ext4_ext_path *path)
 {
+	int err = 0;
+
 	if (path->p_bh) {
 		/* path points to block */
 		BUFFER_TRACE(path->p_bh, "get_write_access");
-		return ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode->i_sb,
-						     path->p_bh, EXT4_JTR_NONE);
+		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode->i_sb,
+						    path->p_bh, EXT4_JTR_NONE);
+		/*
+		 * The extent buffer's verified bit will be set again in
+		 * __ext4_ext_dirty(). We could leave an inconsistent
+		 * buffer if the extents updating procudure break off du
+		 * to some error happens, force to check it again.
+		 */
+		if (!err)
+			clear_buffer_verified(path->p_bh);
 	}
 	/* path points to leaf/index in inode body */
 	/* we use in-core data, no need to protect them */
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -165,6 +175,9 @@ static int __ext4_ext_dirty(const char *where, unsigned int line,
 		/* path points to block */
 		err = __ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(where, line, handle,
 						   inode, path->p_bh);
+		/* Extents updating done, re-set verified flag */
+		if (!err)
+			set_buffer_verified(path->p_bh);
 	} else {
 		/* path points to leaf/index in inode body */
 		err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
-- 
2.31.1