linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs/dcache: fix warning in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup

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Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 09:15:02 +0800
From: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
To: syzbot+fe42a669c87e4a980051@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
	tytso@....edu
Subject: [PATCH] fs/dcache: fix warning in ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create

ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create() will use s_root, so set it to NULL
after do_one_tree().

Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+fe42a669c87e4a980051@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
---
 fs/dcache.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 407095188f83..e2f1a3f92ce9 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -1551,8 +1551,8 @@ void shrink_dcache_for_umount(struct super_block *sb)
 	WARN(down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount), "s_umount should've been locked");
 
 	dentry = sb->s_root;
-	sb->s_root = NULL;
 	do_one_tree(dentry);
+	sb->s_root = NULL;
 
 	while (!hlist_bl_empty(&sb->s_roots)) {
 		dentry = dget(hlist_bl_entry(hlist_bl_first(&sb->s_roots), struct dentry, d_hash));
-- 
2.43.0