linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Fix rec

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jul 2023 20:30:20 +0800
From:   Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
To:     zhangshida <starzhangzsd@...il.com>, <tytso@....edu>,
        <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>
CC:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <zhangshida@...inos.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Fix rec_len verify error

On 2023/7/31 9:01, zhangshida wrote:
> From: Shida Zhang <zhangshida@...inos.cn>
> 
> With the configuration PAGE_SIZE 64k and filesystem blocksize 64k,
> a problem occurred when more than 13 million files were directly created
> under a directory:
> 
> EXT4-fs error (device xx): ext4_dx_csum_set:492: inode #xxxx: comm xxxxx: dir seems corrupt?  Run e2fsck -D.
> EXT4-fs error (device xx): ext4_dx_csum_verify:463: inode #xxxx: comm xxxxx: dir seems corrupt?  Run e2fsck -D.
> EXT4-fs error (device xx): dx_probe:856: inode #xxxx: block 8188: comm xxxxx: Directory index failed checksum
> 
> When enough files are created, the fake_dirent->reclen will be 0xffff.
> it doesn't equal to the blocksize 65536, i.e. 0x10000.
> 
> But it is not the same condition when blocksize equals to 4k.
> when enough file are created, the fake_dirent->reclen will be 0x1000.
> it equals to the blocksize 4k, i.e. 0x1000.
> 
> The problem seems to be related to the limitation of the 16-bit field
> when the blocksize is set to 64k. To address this, Modify the check so
> as to handle it properly.
> 

Thanks for the patch. It works and looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...wei.com>

> Signed-off-by: Shida Zhang <zhangshida@...inos.cn>
> ---
> v1->v2:
>   Use a better way to check the condition, as suggested by Andreas.
> 
>  fs/ext4/namei.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 0caf6c730ce3..fffed95f8531 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -445,8 +445,9 @@ static struct dx_countlimit *get_dx_countlimit(struct inode *inode,
>  	struct ext4_dir_entry *dp;
>  	struct dx_root_info *root;
>  	int count_offset;
> +	int blocksize = EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE(inode->i_sb);
>  
> -	if (le16_to_cpu(dirent->rec_len) == EXT4_BLOCK_SIZE(inode->i_sb))
> +	if (ext4_rec_len_from_disk(dirent->rec_len, blocksize) == blocksize)
>  		count_offset = 8;
>  	else if (le16_to_cpu(dirent->rec_len) == 12) {
>  		dp = (struct ext4_dir_entry *)(((void *)dirent) + 12);
>