linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] erofs: fix refcount on the metabuf used for inode lookup

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Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 13:03:47 -0800
From: Sandeep Dhavale <dhavale@...gle.com>
To: Gao Xiang <xiang@...nel.org>, Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>, Yue Hu <huyue2@...lpad.com>, 
	Jeffle Xu <jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com>
Cc: quic_wenjieli@...cinc.com, Sandeep Dhavale <dhavale@...gle.com>, stable@...r.kernel.org, 
	kernel-team@...roid.com, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] erofs: fix refcount on the metabuf used for inode lookup

In erofs_find_target_block() when erofs_dirnamecmp() returns 0,
we do not assign the target metabuf. This causes the caller
erofs_namei()'s erofs_put_metabuf() at the end to be not effective
leaving the refcount on the page.
As the page from metabuf (buf->page) is never put, such page cannot be
migrated or reclaimed. Fix it now by putting the metabuf from
previous loop and assigning the current metabuf to target before
returning so caller erofs_namei() can do the final put as it was
intended.

Fixes: 500edd095648 ("erofs: use meta buffers for inode lookup")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sandeep Dhavale <dhavale@...gle.com>
---
Changes since v1
- Rearrange the cases as suggested by Gao so there is less duplication
    of the code and it is more readable

 fs/erofs/namei.c | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/erofs/namei.c b/fs/erofs/namei.c
index d4f631d39f0f..f0110a78acb2 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/namei.c
@@ -130,24 +130,24 @@ static void *erofs_find_target_block(struct erofs_buf *target,
 			/* string comparison without already matched prefix */
 			diff = erofs_dirnamecmp(name, &dname, &matched);
 
-			if (!diff) {
-				*_ndirents = 0;
-				goto out;
-			} else if (diff > 0) {
-				head = mid + 1;
-				startprfx = matched;
-
-				if (!IS_ERR(candidate))
-					erofs_put_metabuf(target);
-				*target = buf;
-				candidate = de;
-				*_ndirents = ndirents;
-			} else {
+			if (diff < 0) {
 				erofs_put_metabuf(&buf);
-
 				back = mid - 1;
 				endprfx = matched;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if (!IS_ERR(candidate))
+				erofs_put_metabuf(target);
+			*target = buf;
+			if (!diff) {
+				*_ndirents = 0;
+				return de;
 			}
+			head = mid + 1;
+			startprfx = matched;
+			candidate = de;
+			*_ndirents = ndirents;
 			continue;
 		}
 out:		/* free if the candidate is valid */
-- 
2.44.0.rc0.258.g7320e95886-goog