linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] btrfs: Optimize the timing of prealloc memory allocation

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Message-ID: <a9b53a9a-ddcb-4113-8769-40a918223ecf@suse.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 06:49:06 +1030
From: Qu Wenruo <wqu@...e.com>
To: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>,
 syzbot+b44d4a4885bc82af2a06@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Cc: clm@...com, dsterba@...e.com, josef@...icpanda.com,
 linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: Optimize the timing of prealloc memory allocation



在 2025/12/8 21:35, Edward Adam Davis 写道:
> Too many abnormal exits can cause the prealloc assertion to fail, as
> reported by syzbot in [1].
> 
> Move the prealloc memory allocation to before it is actually used.
> 
> [1]
> assertion failed: prealloc == NULL :: 0, in fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:3529
> kernel BUG at fs/btrfs/qgroup.c:3529!
> Call Trace:
>   <TASK>
>   create_subvol+0x5ad/0x18f0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:570
>   btrfs_mksubvol+0x6e4/0x12c0 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:928
>   __btrfs_ioctl_snap_create+0x2b2/0x730 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:1201
>   btrfs_ioctl_snap_create+0x131/0x180 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:1259
>   btrfs_ioctl+0xb4d/0xd00 fs/btrfs/ioctl.c:-1

There is already a full revert, and your fix misses all the other error 
cases.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/20251208195407.GC4859@twin.jikos.cz/T/#t


> 
> Fixes: 252877a87015 ("btrfs: add ASSERTs on prealloc in qgroup functions")
> Reported-by: syzbot+b44d4a4885bc82af2a06@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b44d4a4885bc82af2a06
> Tested-by: syzbot+b44d4a4885bc82af2a06@...kaller.appspotmail.com
> Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@...com>
> ---
>   fs/btrfs/qgroup.c | 10 ++++++----
>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
> index 9e2b53e90dcb..ac5380520152 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/qgroup.c
> @@ -3289,10 +3289,6 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_inherit(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 srcid,
>   	if (!btrfs_qgroup_enabled(fs_info))
>   		return 0;
>   
> -	prealloc = kzalloc(sizeof(*prealloc), GFP_NOFS);
> -	if (!prealloc)
> -		return -ENOMEM;
> -
>   	/*
>   	 * There are only two callers of this function.
>   	 *
> @@ -3388,6 +3384,12 @@ int btrfs_qgroup_inherit(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, u64 srcid,
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> +	prealloc = kzalloc(sizeof(*prealloc), GFP_NOFS);
> +	if (!prealloc) {
> +		ret = -ENOMEM;
> +		goto out;
> +	}
> +
>   	spin_lock(&fs_info->qgroup_lock);
>   
>   	dstgroup = add_qgroup_rb(fs_info, prealloc, objectid);