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Message-ID: <202510170051.yMGKcZjz-lkp@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 20:58:59 +0300
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
To: oe-kbuild@...ts.linux.dev,
	syzbot <syzbot+3e58a7dc1a8c00243999@...kaller.appspotmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com,
	kartikey406@...il.com
Cc: lkp@...el.com, oe-kbuild-all@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: add debug warnings for run_lock
 initialization


Hi syzbot,

kernel test robot noticed the following build warnings:

https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch#_base_tree_information]

url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/syzbot/Forwarded-PATCH-ntfs3-add-debug-warnings-for-run_lock-initialization/20251014-195051
base:   v6.18-rc1
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/68ee38b5.050a0220.ac43.00fd.GAE%40google.com
patch subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] ntfs3: add debug warnings for run_lock initialization
config: i386-randconfig-141-20251015 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20251017/202510170051.yMGKcZjz-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 20.1.8 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project 87f0227cb60147a26a1eeb4fb06e3b505e9c7261)

If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
| Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...aro.org>
| Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202510170051.yMGKcZjz-lkp@intel.com/

smatch warnings:
fs/ntfs3/inode.c:590 ntfs_iget5() warn: variable dereferenced before IS_ERR check 'inode' (see line 590)

vim +/inode +590 fs/ntfs3/inode.c

82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  562  struct inode *ntfs_iget5(struct super_block *sb, const struct MFT_REF *ref,
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  563                           const struct cpu_str *name)
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  564  {
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  565      struct inode *inode;
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  566      unsigned long ino = ino_get(ref);
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  567      
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  568      if (ino == 25) {
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  569          printk(KERN_ERR "DEEPANSHU: ntfs_iget5 START for inode 25\n");
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  570          //dump_stack();
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  571      }
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  572      
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  573      inode = iget5_locked(sb, ino, ntfs_test_inode, ntfs_set_inode,
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  574                           (void *)ref);
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  575      
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  576      if (unlikely(!inode))
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  577          return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  578      
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  579      if (inode->i_ino == 25) {
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  580          printk(KERN_ERR "DEEPANSHU: After iget5_locked for inode 25, I_NEW=%d, i_state=0x%x\n", 
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  581                 !!(inode->i_state & I_NEW), inode->i_state);
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  582          //dump_stack();
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  583      }
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  584      
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  585      /* If this is a freshly allocated inode, need to read it now. */
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  586      if (inode->i_state & I_NEW) {
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  587          if (inode->i_ino == 25)
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  588              printk(KERN_ERR "DEEPANSHU: Calling ntfs_read_mft for inode 25\n");
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  589          inode = ntfs_read_mft(inode, name, ref);
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14 @590          if (inode->i_ino == 25 && IS_ERR(inode))
                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^                 ^^^^^
"inode" dereferenced before an IS_ERR() check...

9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  591              printk(KERN_ERR "DEEPANSHU: ntfs_read_mft FAILED for inode 25\n");
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  592      } else if (ref->seq != ntfs_i(inode)->mi.mrec->seq) {
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  593          if (inode->i_ino == 25)
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  594              printk(KERN_ERR "DEEPANSHU: inode 25 seq mismatch\n");
1fd21919de6de24 Konstantin Komarov 2024-08-22  595          iput(inode);
1fd21919de6de24 Konstantin Komarov 2024-08-22  596          inode = ERR_PTR(-ESTALE);
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  597      } else if (inode->i_ino == 25) {
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  598          printk(KERN_ERR "DEEPANSHU: inode 25 found in CACHE, skipping ntfs_read_mft!\n");
9ca11d2cd5f563e syzbot             2025-10-14  599          //dump_stack();
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  600      }
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  601  
1fd21919de6de24 Konstantin Komarov 2024-08-22  602      if (IS_ERR(inode))
0e8235d28f3a0e9 Konstantin Komarov 2022-10-10  603          ntfs_set_state(sb->s_fs_info, NTFS_DIRTY_ERROR);
0e8235d28f3a0e9 Konstantin Komarov 2022-10-10  604  
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  605      return inode;
82cae269cfa9530 Konstantin Komarov 2021-08-13  606  }

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