linux-ext4 - [PATCH, RFC] ext4: don't clear orphan list on ro mount with errors

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:27:32 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH, RFC] ext4: don't clear orphan list on ro mount with errors

When we have a filesystem with an orphan inode list *and* in error
state, things behave differently if:

1) e2fsck -p is done prior to mount: e2fsck fixes things and exits
   happily (barring other significant problems)

vs.

2) mount is done first, then e2fsck -p: due to the orphan inode
   list removal, more errors are found and e2fsck exits with
   UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY.

The 2nd case above, on the root filesystem, has the tendency to halt
the boot process, which is unfortunate.

The situation can be improved by not clearing the orphan
inode list when the fs is mounted readonly.

Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
---

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 2d51cd9..2e1ea01 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -2165,10 +2165,12 @@ static void ext4_orphan_cleanup(struct super_block *sb,
 	}
 
 	if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state & EXT4_ERROR_FS) {
-		if (es->s_last_orphan)
+		/* don't clear list on RO mount w/ errors */
+		if (es->s_last_orphan && !(s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 			jbd_debug(1, "Errors on filesystem, "
 				  "clearing orphan list.\n");
-		es->s_last_orphan = 0;
+			es->s_last_orphan = 0;
+		}
 		jbd_debug(1, "Skipping orphan recovery on fs with errors.\n");
 		return;
 	}

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html