ext4: add inode table check in __ext4_get_inode_loc to aovid possible infinite loop
In do_writepages, if the value returned by ext4_writepages is "-ENOMEM" and "wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL", retry until the condition is not met. In __ext4_get_inode_loc, if the bh returned by sb_getblk is NULL, the function returns -ENOMEM. In __getblk_slow, if the return value of grow_buffers is less than 0, the function returns NULL. When the three processes are connected in series like the following stack, an infinite loop may occur: do_writepages <--- keep retrying ext4_writepages mpage_map_and_submit_extent mpage_map_one_extent ext4_map_blocks ext4_ext_map_blocks ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents ext4_ext_convert_to_initialized ext4_split_extent ext4_split_extent_at __ext4_ext_dirty __ext4_mark_inode_dirty ext4_reserve_inode_write ext4_get_inode_loc __ext4_get_inode_loc <--- return -ENOMEM sb_getblk __getblk_gfp __getblk_slow <--- return NULL grow_buffers grow_dev_page <--- return -ENXIO ret = (block < end_block) ? 1 : -ENXIO; In this issue, bg_inode_table_hi is overwritten as an incorrect value. As a result, `block < end_block` cannot be met in grow_dev_page. Therefore, __ext4_get_inode_loc always returns '-ENOMEM' and do_writepages keeps retrying. As a result, the writeback process is in the D state due to an infinite loop. Add a check on inode table block in the __ext4_get_inode_loc function by referring to ext4_read_inode_bitmap to avoid this infinite loop. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220817132701.3015912-3-libaokun1@huawei.comSigned-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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