linux-kernel - [PATCH -next] ext4: fix super block checksum incorrect after mount

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Date:   Wed, 25 May 2022 09:29:04 +0800
From:   Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>
To:     <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <jack@...e.cz>,
        Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH -next] ext4: fix super block checksum incorrect after mount

We got issue as follows:
[home]# mount  /dev/sda  test
EXT4-fs (sda): warning: mounting fs with errors, running e2fsck is recommended
[home]# dmesg
EXT4-fs (sda): warning: mounting fs with errors, running e2fsck is recommended
EXT4-fs (sda): Errors on filesystem, clearing orphan list.
EXT4-fs (sda): recovery complete
EXT4-fs (sda): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Quota mode: none.
[home]# debugfs /dev/sda
debugfs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
Checksum errors in superblock!  Retrying...

Reason is ext4_orphan_cleanup will reset ‘s_last_orphan’ but not update
super block checksum.
To solve above issue, defer update super block checksum after ext4_orphan_cleanup.

Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index f9a3ad683b4a..c47204029429 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5300,14 +5300,6 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter, freei,
 					  GFP_KERNEL);
 	}
-	/*
-	 * Update the checksum after updating free space/inode
-	 * counters.  Otherwise the superblock can have an incorrect
-	 * checksum in the buffer cache until it is written out and
-	 * e2fsprogs programs trying to open a file system immediately
-	 * after it is mounted can fail.
-	 */
-	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	if (!err)
 		err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_dirs_counter,
 					  ext4_count_dirs(sb), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -5365,6 +5357,14 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state |= EXT4_ORPHAN_FS;
 	ext4_orphan_cleanup(sb, es);
 	EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_state &= ~EXT4_ORPHAN_FS;
+	/*
+	 * Update the checksum after updating free space/inode counters and
+	 * ext4_orphan_cleanup. Otherwise the superblock can have an incorrect
+	 * checksum in the buffer cache until it is written out and
+	 * e2fsprogs programs trying to open a file system immediately
+	 * after it is mounted can fail.
+	 */
+	ext4_superblock_csum_set(sb);
 	if (needs_recovery) {
 		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "recovery complete");
 		err = ext4_mark_recovery_complete(sb, es);
-- 
2.31.1