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-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c28
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c10
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c8
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
index 04ce361688f7..84ea2e0af9f0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c
@@ -592,23 +592,27 @@ xfs_inode_validate_extsize(
/*
* This comment describes a historic gap in this verifier function.
*
- * On older kernels, the extent size hint verifier doesn't check that
- * the extent size hint is an integer multiple of the realtime extent
- * size on a directory with both RTINHERIT and EXTSZINHERIT flags set.
- * The verifier has always enforced the alignment rule for regular
- * files with the REALTIME flag set.
+ * For a directory with both RTINHERIT and EXTSZINHERIT flags set, this
+ * function has never checked that the extent size hint is an integer
+ * multiple of the realtime extent size. Since we allow users to set
+ * this combination on non-rt filesystems /and/ to change the rt
+ * extent size when adding a rt device to a filesystem, the net effect
+ * is that users can configure a filesystem anticipating one rt
+ * geometry and change their minds later. Directories do not use the
+ * extent size hint, so this is harmless for them.
*
* If a directory with a misaligned extent size hint is allowed to
* propagate that hint into a new regular realtime file, the result
* is that the inode cluster buffer verifier will trigger a corruption
- * shutdown the next time it is run.
+ * shutdown the next time it is run, because the verifier has always
+ * enforced the alignment rule for regular files.
*
- * Unfortunately, there could be filesystems with these misconfigured
- * directories in the wild, so we cannot add a check to this verifier
- * at this time because that will result a new source of directory
- * corruption errors when reading an existing filesystem. Instead, we
- * permit the misconfiguration to pass through the verifiers so that
- * callers of this function can correct and mitigate externally.
+ * Because we allow administrators to set a new rt extent size when
+ * adding a rt section, we cannot add a check to this verifier because
+ * that will result a new source of directory corruption errors when
+ * reading an existing filesystem. Instead, we rely on callers to
+ * decide when alignment checks are appropriate, and fix things up as
+ * needed.
*/
if (rt_flag)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index 8d595a5c4abd..16f723ebe8dd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -143,16 +143,14 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
}
/*
- * Inode verifiers on older kernels don't check that the extent size
- * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory
- * with both rtinherit and extszinherit flags set. If we're logging a
- * directory that is misconfigured in this way, clear the hint.
+ * Inode verifiers do not check that the extent size hint is an integer
+ * multiple of the rt extent size on a directory with both rtinherit
+ * and extszinherit flags set. If we're logging a directory that is
+ * misconfigured in this way, clear the hint.
*/
if ((ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_RTINHERIT) &&
(ip->i_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT) &&
(ip->i_extsize % ip->i_mount->m_sb.sb_rextsize) > 0) {
- xfs_info_once(ip->i_mount,
- "Correcting misaligned extent size hint in inode 0x%llx.", ip->i_ino);
ip->i_diflags &= ~(XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSIZE |
XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
ip->i_extsize = 0;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 65270e63c032..275d1c3123bd 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1292,10 +1292,10 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_check_extsize(
new_diflags = xfs_flags2diflags(ip, fa->fsx_xflags);
/*
- * Inode verifiers on older kernels don't check that the extent size
- * hint is an integer multiple of the rt extent size on a directory
- * with both rtinherit and extszinherit flags set. Don't let sysadmins
- * misconfigure directories.
+ * Inode verifiers do not check that the extent size hint is an integer
+ * multiple of the rt extent size on a directory with both rtinherit
+ * and extszinherit flags set. Don't let sysadmins misconfigure
+ * directories.
*/
if ((new_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_RTINHERIT) &&
(new_diflags & XFS_DIFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT)) {