linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] f2fs: Perform sanity check before unlinking directory inode

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Message-ID: <efdafa7a-3d24-4a44-ae40-4057b0a8bc51@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 17:08:00 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: "Nikola Z. Ivanov" <zlatistiv@...il.com>, jaegeuk@...nel.org,
 chao@...nel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, david.hunter.linux@...il.com,
 linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org, khalid@...nel.org,
 syzbot+c07d47c7bc68f47b9083@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
 Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] f2fs: Perform sanity check before unlinking directory
 inode

On 10/3/25 07:47, Nikola Z. Ivanov wrote:
> Current i_nlink corruption check does not take into account
> directory inodes which have one additional i_nlink for their "." entry.
> 
> Add additional check and a common corruption path.

How does this change fix the problem? What is common corruption
path in this context?

> 
> Reported-by: syzbot+c07d47c7bc68f47b9083@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=c07d47c7bc68f47b9083
> Fixes: 81edb983b3f5 ("f2fs: add check for deleted inode")
> Signed-off-by: Nikola Z. Ivanov <zlatistiv@...il.com>

How did you test this patch? Can add details?

> ---
>   fs/f2fs/namei.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
>   1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> index b882771e4699..68b33e8089b0 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> @@ -502,12 +502,14 @@ static struct dentry *f2fs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>   		goto out;
>   	}
>   
> -	if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
> +	if (unlikely(inode->i_nlink == 0)) {
>   		f2fs_warn(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "%s: inode (ino=%lx) has zero i_nlink",
>   			  __func__, inode->i_ino);
> -		err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> -		set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
> -		goto out_iput;
> +		goto corrupted;
> +	} else if (unlikely(S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_nlink == 1)) {
> +		f2fs_warn(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "%s: directory inode (ino=%lx) has a single i_nlink",
> +			  __func__, inode->i_ino);
> +		goto corrupted;
>   	}
>   
>   	if (IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) &&
> @@ -533,6 +535,9 @@ static struct dentry *f2fs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>   	trace_f2fs_lookup_end(dir, !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(new) ? new : dentry,
>   				ino, IS_ERR(new) ? PTR_ERR(new) : err);
>   	return new;
> +corrupted:
> +	err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> +	set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
>   out_iput:
>   	iput(inode);
>   out:
> @@ -572,10 +577,11 @@ static int f2fs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>   	if (unlikely(inode->i_nlink == 0)) {
>   		f2fs_warn(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "%s: inode (ino=%lx) has zero i_nlink",
>   			  __func__, inode->i_ino);
> -		err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> -		set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
> -		f2fs_folio_put(folio, false);
> -		goto fail;
> +		goto corrupted;
> +	} else if (unlikely(S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_nlink == 1)) {
> +		f2fs_warn(F2FS_I_SB(inode), "%s: directory inode (ino=%lx) has a single i_nlink",
> +			  __func__, inode->i_ino);
> +		goto corrupted;
>   	}
>   
>   	f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, true);
> @@ -601,6 +607,12 @@ static int f2fs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>   
>   	if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
>   		f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);
> +
> +	goto fail;
> +corrupted:
> +	err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> +	set_sbi_flag(F2FS_I_SB(inode), SBI_NEED_FSCK);
> +	f2fs_folio_put(folio, false);
>   fail:
>   	trace_f2fs_unlink_exit(inode, err);
>   	return err;