linux-ext4 - Re: [RFCv1 01/72] e2fsck: Fix unbalanced mutex unlock for BOUNCE

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Date:   Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:34:34 -0600
From:   Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:     "Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@...il.com>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@...il.com>,
        Wang Shilong <wshilong@....com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, Li Xi <lixi@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFCv1 01/72] e2fsck: Fix unbalanced mutex unlock for BOUNCE_MTX

On Nov 7, 2022, at 06:22, Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> f_crashdisk test failed with UNIX_IO_FORCE_BOUNCE=yes due to unbalanced
> mutex unlock in below path.
> 
> This patch fixes it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@...il.com>
> ---
> lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c b/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
> index e53db333..5b894826 100644
> --- a/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
> +++ b/lib/ext2fs/unix_io.c
> @@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ bounce_read:
>    while (size > 0) {
>        actual = read(data->dev, data->bounce, align_size);
>        if (actual != align_size) {
> -            mutex_unlock(data, BOUNCE_MTX);

This patch doesn't show enough context, but AFAIK this is jumping before mutex_down()
is called, so this *should* be correct as is?

Cheers, Andreas


>            actual = really_read;
>            buf -= really_read;
>            size += really_read;
> -- 
> 2.37.3
>