[PATCH] ext4: Fix i_disksize exceeding i_size problem in paritally written case

From: Zhihao Cheng
Date: Thu Mar 16 2023 - 21:36:54 EST


Following process makes i_disksize exceed i_size:

generic_perform_write
copied = iov_iter_copy_from_user_atomic(len) // copied < len
ext4_da_write_end
| ext4_update_i_disksize
| new_i_size = pos + copied;
| WRITE_ONCE(EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize, newsize) // update i_disksize
| generic_write_end
| copied = block_write_end(copied, len) // copied = 0
| if (unlikely(copied < len))
| if (!PageUptodate(page))
| copied = 0;
| if (pos + copied > inode->i_size) // return false
if (unlikely(copied == 0))
goto again;
if (unlikely(iov_iter_fault_in_readable(i, bytes))) {
status = -EFAULT;
break;
}

We get i_disksize greater than i_size here, which could trigger WARNING
check 'i_size_read(inode) < EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize' while doing dio:

ext4_dio_write_iter
iomap_dio_rw
__iomap_dio_rw // return err, length is not aligned to 512
ext4_handle_inode_extension
WARN_ON_ONCE(i_size_read(inode) < EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize) // Oops

WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2609 at fs/ext4/file.c:319
CPU: 2 PID: 2609 Comm: aa Not tainted 6.3.0-rc2
RIP: 0010:ext4_file_write_iter+0xbc7
Call Trace:
vfs_write+0x3b1
ksys_write+0x77
do_syscall_64+0x39

Fix it by putting block_write_end() before i_disksize updating just
like ext4_write_end() does.

Fetch a reproducer in [Link].

Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=217209
Fixes: 64769240bd07f ("ext4: Add delayed allocation support in data=writeback mode")
Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng <chengzhihao1@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index bf0b7dea4900..577dc23f3b78 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3136,6 +3136,8 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
loff_t new_i_size;
unsigned long start, end;
int write_mode = (int)(unsigned long)fsdata;
+ bool i_size_changed = false;
+ loff_t old_size = inode->i_size;

if (write_mode == FALL_BACK_TO_NONDELALLOC)
return ext4_write_end(file, mapping, pos,
@@ -3148,6 +3150,8 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
return ext4_write_inline_data_end(inode, pos, len, copied, page);

+ copied = block_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
+
start = pos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1);
end = start + copied - 1;

@@ -3162,16 +3166,30 @@ static int ext4_da_write_end(struct file *file,
* check), we need to update i_disksize here as neither
* ext4_writepage() nor certain ext4_writepages() paths not
* allocating blocks update i_disksize.
- *
- * Note that we defer inode dirtying to generic_write_end() /
- * ext4_da_write_inline_data_end().
*/
new_i_size = pos + copied;
- if (copied && new_i_size > inode->i_size &&
- ext4_da_should_update_i_disksize(page, end))
- ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, new_i_size);
+ if (new_i_size > inode->i_size) {
+ i_size_write(inode, new_i_size);
+ i_size_changed = true;
+ if (copied && ext4_da_should_update_i_disksize(page, end))
+ ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, new_i_size);
+ }
+
+ unlock_page(page);
+ put_page(page);
+
+ if (old_size < pos)
+ pagecache_isize_extended(inode, old_size, pos);
+ /*
+ * Don't mark the inode dirty under page lock. First, it unnecessarily
+ * makes the holding time of page lock longer. Second, it forces lock
+ * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling
+ * filesystems.
+ */
+ if (i_size_changed)
+ mark_inode_dirty(inode);

- return generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
+ return copied;
}

/*
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