linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/16] vfs: don't evict uninitialized inode

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Date:   Mon, 30 Jul 2018 08:09:19 +0300
From:   Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
To:     Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/16] vfs: don't evict uninitialized inode

On Mon, Jul 30, 2018 at 1:04 AM, Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> wrote:
> From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
>
> iput() ends up calling ->evict() on new inode, which is not yet initialized
> by owning fs.  So use destroy_inode() instead.
>
> Add to sb->s_inodes list only if inode is not in I_CREATING state (meaning
> that it wasn't allocated with new_inode(), which already does the
> insertion).
>
> Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>
> Fixes: 80ea09a002bf ("vfs: factor out inode_insert5()")

Backport hint: this patch depends on the patch ("new primitive:
discard_new_inode()") currently commit 22dc9a168272 in Al's for-next.

Still trying to figure out the best format to channel this information to
stable maintainers...

Thanks,
Amir.