kernel/linux.git/fs/nilfs2/segment.c, branch v6.18.44

nilfs2: reject CLEAN_SEGMENTS ioctl with out-of-range segment numbers

2026-07-18T14:53:22+00:00

commit 0e7a690fe435f8d5ea3feb7c1d8d73ba7e8b8aa9 upstream. Syzbot reported a hung task in nilfs_transaction_begin() where multiple tasks performing chmod() on a nilfs2 mount blocked for over 143 seconds waiting to acquire ns_segctor_sem for read: INFO: task syz.0.17:5918 blocked for more than 143 seconds. Call Trace: schedule+0x164/0x360 rwsem_down_read_slowpath+0x6d9/0x940 down_read+0x99/0x2e0 nilfs_transaction_begin+0x364/0x710 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:221 nilfs_setattr+0x124/0x2c0 fs/nilfs2/inode.c:921 notify_change+0xc1a/0xf40 chmod_common+0x273/0x4a0 do_fchmodat+0x12d/0x230 The writer holding ns_segctor_sem was a concurrent NILFS_IOCTL_CLEAN_SEGMENTS caller, stuck inside printk while emitting per-element warnings from nilfs_sufile_updatev(): __nilfs_msg+0x373/0x450 fs/nilfs2/super.c:78 nilfs_sufile_updatev+0x21c/0x6d0 fs/nilfs2/sufile.c:186 nilfs_sufile_freev fs/nilfs2/sufile.h:93 [inline] nilfs_free_segments fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1140 [inline] nilfs_segctor_collect_blocks fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1261 [inline] nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x1f55/0x76c0 nilfs_clean_segments+0x3bd/0xa50 nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c:922 [inline] nilfs_ioctl+0x261f/0x2780 The root cause is that user-supplied segment numbers are not validated before nilfs_clean_segments() begins doing work; the range check on each segnum is performed deep inside the call chain by nilfs_sufile_updatev(), which emits a nilfs_warn() per invalid entry while still holding the segctor lock and the sufile mi_sem. Under load (repeated invocations across multiple mounts saturating the global printk path), the cumulative printk latency keeps ns_segctor_sem held long enough to trip the hung_task watchdog, blocking concurrent operations such as chmod() that need ns_segctor_sem for read. Fix by validating the contents of kbufs[4] in nilfs_clean_segments() immediately after acquiring ns_segctor_sem via nilfs_transaction_lock(). Holding ns_segctor_sem serializes the check against nilfs_ioctl_resize(), which can modify ns_nsegments, so the validation uses a consistent value. Out-of-range segment numbers are rejected with -EINVAL before any segment-cleaning work begins, so the bad entries never reach the per-element diagnostic path inside nilfs_sufile_updatev(). Reported-by: syzbot+62f0f99d2f2bb8e3bbd7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=62f0f99d2f2bb8e3bbd7 Tested-by: syzbot+62f0f99d2f2bb8e3bbd7@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey Fixes: 071cb4b81987 ("nilfs2: eliminate removal list of segments") Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Signed-off-by: Viacheslav Dubeyko Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

nilfs2: avoid having an active sc_timer before freeing sci

2025-11-10T05:19:46+00:00

Because kthread_stop did not stop sc_task properly and returned -EINTR, the sc_timer was not properly closed, ultimately causing the problem [1] reported by syzbot when freeing sci due to the sc_timer not being closed. Because the thread sc_task main function nilfs_segctor_thread() returns 0 when it succeeds, when the return value of kthread_stop() is not 0 in nilfs_segctor_destroy(), we believe that it has not properly closed sc_timer. We use timer_shutdown_sync() to sync wait for sc_timer to shutdown, and set the value of sc_task to NULL under the protection of lock sc_state_lock, so as to avoid the issue caused by sc_timer not being properly shutdowned. [1] ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: 00000000dacb411a object type: timer_list hint: nilfs_construction_timeout Call trace: nilfs_segctor_destroy fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2811 [inline] nilfs_detach_log_writer+0x668/0x8cc fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2877 nilfs_put_super+0x4c/0x12c fs/nilfs2/super.c:509 Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251029225226.16044-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Fixes: 3f66cc261ccb ("nilfs2: use kthread_create and kthread_stop for the log writer thread") Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Reported-by: syzbot+24d8b70f039151f65590@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=24d8b70f039151f65590 Tested-by: syzbot+24d8b70f039151f65590@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis Cc: [6.12+] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

treewide, timers: Rename from_timer() to timer_container_of()

2025-06-08T07:07:37+00:00

Move this API to the canonical timer_*() namespace. [ tglx: Redone against pre rc1 ] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aB2X0jCKQO56WdMt@gmail.com

nilfs2: remove wbc->for_reclaim handling

2025-05-21T17:48:23+00:00

Since commit 013a07052a1a ("nilfs2: convert metadata aops from writepage to writepages"), nilfs_mdt_write_folio can't be called from reclaim context any more. Remove the code keyed of the wbc->for_reclaim flag, which is now only set for writing out swap or shmem pages inside the swap code, but never passed to file systems. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250508054938.15894-7-hch@lst.de Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250516123417.6779-1-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]()

2025-04-05T08:30:12+00:00

timer_delete[_sync]() replaces del_timer[_sync](). Convert the whole tree over and remove the historical wrapper inlines. Conversion was done with coccinelle plus manual fixups where necessary. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

nilfs2: revise the return value description style for consistency.

2025-01-25T06:47:25+00:00

Also for comments that do not cause kernel-doc warnings (those that list multiple error codes), revise the return value description style to match Brian G.'s suggestion of "..., or one of the following negative error codes on failure:". Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAAq45aNh1qV8P6XgDhKeNstT=PvcPUaCXsAF-f9rvmzznsZL5A@mail.gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250110010530.21872-8-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Cc: "Brian G ." Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: add missing return value kernel-doc descriptions

2025-01-25T06:47:25+00:00

There are a number of kernel-doc comments for functions that are missing return values, which also causes a number of warnings when the kernel-doc script is run with the "-Wall" option. Fix this issue by adding proper return value descriptions, and improve code maintainability. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250110010530.21872-7-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Cc: "Brian G ." Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: correct return value kernel-doc descriptions for the rest

2025-01-25T06:47:25+00:00

Similar to the previous changes to fix return value descriptions, this fixes the format of the return value descriptions of functions for the rest. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250110010530.21872-6-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Cc: "Brian G ." Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

nilfs2: protect access to buffers with no active references

2025-01-25T06:47:24+00:00

nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers(), which iterates through the buffers attached to dirty data folios/pages, accesses the attached buffers without locking the folios/pages. For data cache, nilfs_clear_folio_dirty() may be called asynchronously when the file system degenerates to read only, so nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers() still has the potential to cause use after free issues when buffers lose the protection of their dirty state midway due to this asynchronous clearing and are unintentionally freed by try_to_free_buffers(). Eliminate this race issue by adjusting the lock section in this function. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250107200202.6432-3-konishi.ryusuke@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Ryusuke Konishi Fixes: 8c26c4e2694a ("nilfs2: fix issue with flush kernel thread after remount in RO mode because of driver's internal error or metadata corruption") Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton

Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-09-21-07-52' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

2024-09-21T15:20:50+00:00

Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton: "Many singleton patches - please see the various changelogs for details. Quite a lot of nilfs2 work this time around. Notable patch series in this pull request are: - "mul_u64_u64_div_u64: new implementation" by Nicolas Pitre, with assistance from Uwe Kleine-König. Reimplement mul_u64_u64_div_u64() to provide (much) more accurate results. The current implementation was causing Uwe some issues in the PWM drivers. - "xz: Updates to license, filters, and compression options" from Lasse Collin. Miscellaneous maintenance and kinor feature work to the xz decompressor. - "Fix some GDB command error and add some GDB commands" from Kuan-Ying Lee. Fixes and enhancements to the gdb scripts. - "treewide: add missing MODULE_DESCRIPTION() macros" from Jeff Johnson. Adds lots of MODULE_DESCRIPTIONs, thus fixing lots of warnings about this. - "nilfs2: add support for some common ioctls" from Ryusuke Konishi. Adds various commonly-available ioctls to nilfs2. - "This series fixes a number of formatting issues in kernel doc comments" from Ryusuke Konishi does that. - "nilfs2: prevent unexpected ENOENT propagation" from Ryusuke Konishi. Fix issues where -ENOENT was being unintentionally and inappropriately returned to userspace. - "nilfs2: assorted cleanups" from Huang Xiaojia. - "nilfs2: fix potential issues with empty b-tree nodes" from Ryusuke Konishi fixes some issues which can occur on corrupted nilfs2 filesystems. - "scripts/decode_stacktrace.sh: improve error reporting and usability" from Luca Ceresoli does those things" * tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-09-21-07-52' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (103 commits) list: test: increase coverage of list_test_list_replace*() list: test: fix tests for list_cut_position() proc: use __auto_type more treewide: correct the typo 'retun' ocfs2: cleanup return value and mlog in ocfs2_global_read_info() nilfs2: remove duplicate 'unlikely()' usage nilfs2: fix potential oob read in nilfs_btree_check_delete() nilfs2: determine empty node blocks as corrupted nilfs2: fix potential null-ptr-deref in nilfs_btree_insert() user_namespace: use kmemdup_array() instead of kmemdup() for multiple allocation tools/mm: rm thp_swap_allocator_test when make clean squashfs: fix percpu address space issues in decompressor_multi_percpu.c lib: glob.c: added null check for character class nilfs2: refactor nilfs_segctor_thread() nilfs2: use kthread_create and kthread_stop for the log writer thread nilfs2: remove sc_timer_task nilfs2: do not repair reserved inode bitmap in nilfs_new_inode() nilfs2: eliminate the shared counter and spinlock for i_generation nilfs2: separate inode type information from i_state field nilfs2: use the BITS_PER_LONG macro ...