kernel/linux.git/fs/quota, branch v6.6.141

quota: Fix race of dquot_scan_active() with quota deactivation

2026-05-23T11:03:15+00:00

[ Upstream commit e93ab401da4b2e2c1b8ef2424de2f238d51c8b2d ] dquot_scan_active() can race with quota deactivation in quota_release_workfn() like: CPU0 (quota_release_workfn) CPU1 (dquot_scan_active) ============================== ============================== spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); list_replace_init( &releasing_dquots, &rls_head); /* dquot X on rls_head, dq_count == 0, DQ_ACTIVE_B still set */ spin_unlock(&dq_list_lock); synchronize_srcu(&dquot_srcu); spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); list_for_each_entry(dquot, &inuse_list, dq_inuse) { /* finds dquot X */ dquot_active(X) -> true atomic_inc(&X->dq_count); } spin_unlock(&dq_list_lock); spin_lock(&dq_list_lock); dquot = list_first_entry(&rls_head); WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&dquot->dq_count)); The problem is not only a cosmetic one as under memory pressure the caller of dquot_scan_active() can end up working on freed dquot. Fix the problem by making sure the dquot is removed from releasing list when we acquire a reference to it. Fixes: 869b6ea1609f ("quota: Fix slow quotaoff") Reported-by: Sam Sun Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAEkJfYPTt3uP1vAYnQ5V2ZWn5O9PLhhGi5HbOcAzyP9vbXyjeg@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

quota: fix livelock between quotactl and freeze_super

2026-03-04T12:19:44+00:00

[ Upstream commit 77449e453dfc006ad738dec55374c4cbc056fd39 ] When a filesystem is frozen, quotactl_block() enters a retry loop waiting for the filesystem to thaw. It acquires s_umount, checks the freeze state, drops s_umount and uses sb_start_write() - sb_end_write() pair to wait for the unfreeze. However, this retry loop can trigger a livelock issue, specifically on kernels with preemption disabled. The mechanism is as follows: 1. freeze_super() sets SB_FREEZE_WRITE and calls sb_wait_write(). 2. sb_wait_write() calls percpu_down_write(), which initiates synchronize_rcu(). 3. Simultaneously, quotactl_block() spins in its retry loop, immediately executing the sb_start_write() - sb_end_write() pair. 4. Because the kernel is non-preemptible and the loop contains no scheduling points, quotactl_block() never yields the CPU. This prevents that CPU from reaching an RCU quiescent state. 5. synchronize_rcu() in the freezer thread waits indefinitely for the quotactl_block() CPU to report a quiescent state. 6. quotactl_block() spins indefinitely waiting for the freezer to advance, which it cannot do as it is blocked on the RCU sync. This results in a hang of the freezer process and 100% CPU usage by the quota process. While this can occur intermittently on multi-core systems, it is reliably reproducing on a node with the following script, running both the freezer and the quota toggle on the same CPU: # mkfs.ext4 -O quota /dev/sda 2g && mkdir a_mount # mount /dev/sda -o quota,usrquota,grpquota a_mount # taskset -c 3 bash -c "while true; do xfs_freeze -f a_mount; \ xfs_freeze -u a_mount; done" & # taskset -c 3 bash -c "while true; do quotaon a_mount; \ quotaoff a_mount; done" & Adding cond_resched() to the retry loop fixes the issue. It acts as an RCU quiescent state, allowing synchronize_rcu() in percpu_down_write() to complete. Fixes: 576215cffdef ("fs: Drop wait_unfrozen wait queue") Signed-off-by: Abhishek Bapat Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115213103.1089129-1-abhishekbapat@google.com Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

fs: quota: create dedicated workqueue for quota_release_work

2025-10-23T14:16:41+00:00

[ Upstream commit 72b7ceca857f38a8ca7c5629feffc63769638974 ] There is a kernel panic due to WARN_ONCE when panic_on_warn is set. This issue occurs when writeback is triggered due to sync call for an opened file(ie, writeback reason is WB_REASON_SYNC). When f2fs balance is needed at sync path, flush for quota_release_work is triggered. By default quota_release_work is queued to "events_unbound" queue which does not have WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag. During f2fs balance "writeback" workqueue tries to flush quota_release_work causing kernel panic due to MEM_RECLAIM flag mismatch errors. This patch creates dedicated workqueue with WQ_MEM_RECLAIM flag for work quota_release_work. ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 14867 at kernel/workqueue.c:3721 check_flush_dependency+0x13c/0x148 Call trace: check_flush_dependency+0x13c/0x148 __flush_work+0xd0/0x398 flush_delayed_work+0x44/0x5c dquot_writeback_dquots+0x54/0x318 f2fs_do_quota_sync+0xb8/0x1a8 f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x3cc/0x99c f2fs_gc+0x190/0x750 f2fs_balance_fs+0x110/0x168 f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x474/0x7dc f2fs_write_data_pages+0x7d0/0xd0c do_writepages+0xe0/0x2f4 __writeback_single_inode+0x44/0x4ac writeback_sb_inodes+0x30c/0x538 wb_writeback+0xf4/0x440 wb_workfn+0x128/0x5d4 process_scheduled_works+0x1c4/0x45c worker_thread+0x32c/0x3e8 kthread+0x11c/0x1b0 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Kernel panic - not syncing: kernel: panic_on_warn set ... Fixes: ac6f420291b3 ("quota: flush quota_release_work upon quota writeback") CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Shashank A P Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250901092905.2115-1-shashank.ap@samsung.com Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

quota: remove unneeded return value of register_quota_format

2025-10-23T14:16:41+00:00

[ Upstream commit a838e5dca63d1dc701e63b2b1176943c57485c45 ] The register_quota_format always returns 0, simply remove unneeded return value. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20240715130534.2112678-3-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Stable-dep-of: 72b7ceca857f ("fs: quota: create dedicated workqueue for quota_release_work") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

quota: flush quota_release_work upon quota writeback

2024-12-09T09:33:01+00:00

[ Upstream commit ac6f420291b3fee1113f21d612fa88b628afab5b ] One of the paths quota writeback is called from is: freeze_super() sync_filesystem() ext4_sync_fs() dquot_writeback_dquots() Since we currently don't always flush the quota_release_work queue in this path, we can end up with the following race: 1. dquot are added to releasing_dquots list during regular operations. 2. FS Freeze starts, however, this does not flush the quota_release_work queue. 3. Freeze completes. 4. Kernel eventually tries to flush the workqueue while FS is frozen which hits a WARN_ON since transaction gets started during frozen state: ext4_journal_check_start+0x28/0x110 [ext4] (unreliable) __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x64/0x1c0 [ext4] ext4_release_dquot+0x90/0x1d0 [ext4] quota_release_workfn+0x43c/0x4d0 Which is the following line: WARN_ON(sb->s_writers.frozen == SB_FREEZE_COMPLETE); Which ultimately results in generic/390 failing due to dmesg noise. This was detected on powerpc machine 15 cores. To avoid this, make sure to flush the workqueue during dquot_writeback_dquots() so we dont have any pending workitems after freeze. Reported-by: Disha Goel CC: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: dabc8b207566 ("quota: fix dqput() to follow the guarantees dquot_srcu should provide") Reviewed-by: Baokun Li Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20241121123855.645335-2-ojaswin@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

quota: Remove BUG_ON from dqget()

2024-08-29T15:33:33+00:00

[ Upstream commit 249f374eb9b6b969c64212dd860cc1439674c4a8 ] dqget() checks whether dquot->dq_sb is set when returning it using BUG_ON. Firstly this doesn't work as an invalidation check for quite some time (we release dquot with dq_sb set these days), secondly using BUG_ON is quite harsh. Use WARN_ON_ONCE and check whether dquot is still hashed instead. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

quota: Detect loops in quota tree

2024-08-19T04:04:27+00:00

[ Upstream commit a898cb621ac589b0b9e959309689a027e765aa12 ] Syzbot has found that when it creates corrupted quota files where the quota tree contains a loop, we will deadlock when tryling to insert a dquot. Add loop detection into functions traversing the quota tree. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

quota: Properly annotate i_dquot arrays with __rcu

2024-03-26T22:19:46+00:00

[ Upstream commit ccb49011bb2ebfd66164dbf68c5bff48917bb5ef ] Dquots pointed to from i_dquot arrays in inodes are protected by dquot_srcu. Annotate them as such and change .get_dquots callback to return properly annotated pointer to make sparse happy. Fixes: b9ba6f94b238 ("quota: remove dqptr_sem") Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

quota: Fix rcu annotations of inode dquot pointers

2024-03-26T22:19:46+00:00

[ Upstream commit 179b8c97ebf63429589f5afeba59a181fe70603e ] Dquot pointers in i_dquot array in the inode are protected by dquot_srcu. Annotate the array pointers with __rcu, perform the locked dereferences with srcu_dereference_check() instead of plain reads, and set the array elements with rcu_assign_pointer(). Fixes: b9ba6f94b238 ("quota: remove dqptr_sem") Reported-by: kernel test robot Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202402061900.rTuYDlo6-lkp@intel.com/ Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

quota: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

2024-03-26T22:19:46+00:00

[ Upstream commit d0aa72604fbd80c8aabb46eda00535ed35570f1f ] Below race may cause NULL pointer dereference P1 P2 dquot_free_inode quota_off drop_dquot_ref remove_dquot_ref dquots = i_dquot(inode) dquots = i_dquot(inode) srcu_read_lock dquots[cnt]) != NULL (1) dquots[type] = NULL (2) spin_lock(&dquots[cnt]->dq_dqb_lock) (3) .... If dquot_free_inode(or other routines) checks inode's quota pointers (1) before quota_off sets it to NULL(2) and use it (3) after that, NULL pointer dereference will be triggered. So let's fix it by using a temporary pointer to avoid this issue. Signed-off-by: Wang Jianjian Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Message-Id: <20240202081852.2514092-1-wangjianjian3@huawei.com> Stable-dep-of: 179b8c97ebf6 ("quota: Fix rcu annotations of inode dquot pointers") Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin