linux-ext4 - [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.6 035/294] ext4: on a remount, only log the ro or r/w state when it has changed

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>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20250505225634.2688578-35-sashal@kernel.org>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2025 18:52:15 -0400
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Nicolas Bretz <bretznic@...il.com>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
	adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.6 035/294] ext4: on a remount, only log the ro or r/w state when it has changed

From: Nicolas Bretz <bretznic@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit d7b0befd09320e3356a75cb96541c030515e7f5f ]

A user complained that a message such as:

EXT4-fs (nvme0n1p3): re-mounted UUID ro. Quota mode: none.

implied that the file system was previously mounted read/write and was
now remounted read-only, when it could have been some other mount
state that had changed by the "mount -o remount" operation.  Fix this
by only logging "ro"or "r/w" when it has changed.

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219132

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Bretz <bretznic@...il.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250319171011.8372-1-bretznic@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 751c879271e05..3dcaf06ada364 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -6771,6 +6771,7 @@ static int ext4_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = fc->root->d_sb;
 	int ret;
+	bool old_ro = sb_rdonly(sb);
 
 	fc->s_fs_info = EXT4_SB(sb);
 
@@ -6782,9 +6783,9 @@ static int ext4_reconfigure(struct fs_context *fc)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
-	ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "re-mounted %pU %s. Quota mode: %s.",
-		 &sb->s_uuid, sb_rdonly(sb) ? "ro" : "r/w",
-		 ext4_quota_mode(sb));
+	ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "re-mounted %pU%s.",
+		 &sb->s_uuid,
+		 (old_ro != sb_rdonly(sb)) ? (sb_rdonly(sb) ? " ro" : " r/w") : "");
 
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.39.5