linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 36/95] ext4: protect i_disksize update by i_data

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Date:   Sun, 22 Apr 2018 15:53:05 +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>,
        Eryu Guan <guaneryu@...il.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 36/95] ext4: protect i_disksize update by i_data_sem in direct write path

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

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From: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@...il.com>

commit 73fdad00b208b139cf43f3163fbc0f67e4c6047c upstream.

i_disksize update should be protected by i_data_sem, by either taking
the lock explicitly or by using ext4_update_i_disksize() helper. But the
i_disksize updates in ext4_direct_IO_write() are not protected at all,
which may be racing with i_disksize updates in writeback path in
delalloc buffer write path.

This is found by code inspection, and I didn't hit any i_disksize
corruption due to this bug. Thanks to Jan Kara for catching this bug and
suggesting the fix!

Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3396,7 +3396,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(stru
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
-	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	ssize_t ret;
 	loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
 	size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
@@ -3420,7 +3419,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(stru
 			goto out;
 		}
 		orphan = 1;
-		ei->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
+		ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, inode->i_size);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	}
 
@@ -3548,7 +3547,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(stru
 		if (ret > 0) {
 			loff_t end = offset + ret;
 			if (end > inode->i_size) {
-				ei->i_disksize = end;
+				ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, end);
 				i_size_write(inode, end);
 				/*
 				 * We're going to return a positive `ret'