linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 150/192] ext4: avoid deadlock when expanding inode size

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Date:   Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:00:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 150/192] ext4: avoid deadlock when expanding inode size

4.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

commit 2e81a4eeedcaa66e35f58b81e0755b87057ce392 upstream.

When we need to move xattrs into external xattr block, we call
ext4_xattr_block_set() from ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(). That may end
up calling ext4_mark_inode_dirty() again which will recurse back into
the inode expansion code leading to deadlocks.

Protect from recursion using EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND inode flag and move
its management into ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea() since its manipulation
is safe there (due to xattr_sem) from possible races with
ext4_xattr_set_handle() which plays with it as well.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |    2 --
 fs/ext4/xattr.c |   19 +++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5186,8 +5186,6 @@ int ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle_t *hand
 						      sbi->s_want_extra_isize,
 						      iloc, handle);
 			if (ret) {
-				ext4_set_inode_state(inode,
-						     EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 				if (mnt_count !=
 					le16_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_mnt_count)) {
 					ext4_warning(inode->i_sb,
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -1269,12 +1269,14 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct in
 	int isize_diff;	/* How much do we need to grow i_extra_isize */
 
 	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	/*
+	 * Set EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND to avoid recursion when marking inode dirty
+	 */
+	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 retry:
 	isize_diff = new_extra_isize - EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize;
-	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize >= new_extra_isize) {
-		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize >= new_extra_isize)
+		goto out;
 
 	header = IHDR(inode, raw_inode);
 	entry = IFIRST(header);
@@ -1299,8 +1301,7 @@ retry:
 				(void *)header, total_ino,
 				inode->i_sb->s_blocksize);
 		EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize = new_extra_isize;
-		error = 0;
-		goto cleanup;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1460,6 +1461,8 @@ retry:
 		kfree(bs);
 	}
 	brelse(bh);
+out:
+	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1471,6 +1474,10 @@ cleanup:
 	kfree(is);
 	kfree(bs);
 	brelse(bh);
+	/*
+	 * We deliberately leave EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND set here since inode
+	 * size expansion failed.
+	 */
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
 	return error;
 }