linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] f2fs: fix infinite loop in __insert_extent

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Message-ID: <a625f1dd-ec3b-4e2c-9b3f-8a772cdc69dc@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:48:31 +0800
From: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To: wangzijie <wangzijie1@...or.com>, jaegeuk@...nel.org
Cc: chao@...nel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bintian.wang@...or.com, feng.han@...or.com
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] f2fs: fix infinite loop in
 __insert_extent_tree()

On 9/17/25 10:36, wangzijie wrote:
> When we get wrong extent info data, and look up extent_node in rb tree,
> it will cause infinite loop (CONFIG_F2FS_CHECK_FS=n). Avoiding this by
> return NULL and print some kernel messages in that case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: wangzijie <wangzijie1@...or.com>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,