linux-kernel - [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 064/191] f2fs: avoid infinite loop in f2fs_alloc

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Date:   Sat,  9 Nov 2019 21:38:06 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>,
        Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>, Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 4.19 064/191] f2fs: avoid infinite loop in f2fs_alloc_nid

From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

[ Upstream commit f84262b0862d43b71b3e80a036cdd9d82e620367 ]

If we have an error in f2fs_build_free_nids, we're able to fall into a loop
to find free nids.

Suggested-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/node.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/node.c b/fs/f2fs/node.c
index aa8f19e1bdb3d..e5d474681471c 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -2367,8 +2367,9 @@ bool f2fs_alloc_nid(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, nid_t *nid)
 	spin_unlock(&nm_i->nid_list_lock);
 
 	/* Let's scan nat pages and its caches to get free nids */
-	f2fs_build_free_nids(sbi, true, false);
-	goto retry;
+	if (!f2fs_build_free_nids(sbi, true, false))
+		goto retry;
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.20.1