linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] jbd2: fix potential double free

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Date:   Fri, 10 May 2019 21:37:01 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@...il.com>
Cc:     jack@...e.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] jbd2: fix potential double free

On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 06:36:48PM +0800, Chengguang Xu wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> index 37e16d969925..0f1ac43d0560 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> @@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ static void jbd2_journal_destroy_slabs(void)
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -static int jbd2_journal_create_slab(size_t size)
> +static int __init jbd2_journal_create_slab(size_t size)
>  {
>  	static DEFINE_MUTEX(jbd2_slab_create_mutex);
>  	int i = order_base_2(size) - 10;

I had to remove this hunk.  It's incorrect, since jbd2_journal_load
calls this function when mounting file systems.  So it can't be marked
__init.

						- Ted