Re: [PATCH v3] ocfs2: update d_splice_alias() return code checking

From: Joseph Qi
Date: Wed Jul 02 2025 - 02:09:03 EST




On 2025/6/30 18:21, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> When commit d3556babd7fa ("ocfs2: fix d_splice_alias() return code
> checking") was merged into v3.18-rc3, d_splice_alias() was returning
> one of a valid dentry, NULL or an ERR_PTR.
>
> When commit b5ae6b15bd73 ("merge d_materialise_unique() into
> d_splice_alias()") was merged into v3.19-rc1, d_splice_alias() started
> returning -ELOOP as one of ERR_PTR values.
>
> Now, when syzkaller mounts a crafted ocfs2 filesystem image that hits
> d_splice_alias() == -ELOOP case from ocfs2_lookup(), ocfs2_lookup() fails
> to handle -ELOOP case and generic_shutdown_super() hits "VFS: Busy inodes
> after unmount" message.
>
> Instead of calling ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock() or ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen()
> when d_splice_alias() returned an ERR_PTR value, change ocfs2_lookup() to
> bail out immediately.
>
> Also, ocfs2_lookup() needs to call dupt() when ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock()
> returned an ERR_PTR value.
>
> Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+1134d3a5b062e9665a7a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1134d3a5b062e9665a7a
> Suggested-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks fine to me.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 7 +++++--
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> index 99278c8f0e24..721580dfce3a 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
> @@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
>
> bail_add:
> ret = d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
> + if (IS_ERR(ret))
> + goto bail_unlock;
>
> if (inode) {
> /*
> @@ -154,15 +156,16 @@ static struct dentry *ocfs2_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
> * NOTE: This dentry already has ->d_op set from
> * ocfs2_get_parent() and ocfs2_get_dentry()
> */
> - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(ret))
> + if (ret)
> dentry = ret;
>
> status = ocfs2_dentry_attach_lock(dentry, inode,
> OCFS2_I(dir)->ip_blkno);
> if (status) {
> mlog_errno(status);
> + if (ret)
> + dput(ret);
> ret = ERR_PTR(status);
> - goto bail_unlock;
> }
> } else
> ocfs2_dentry_attach_gen(dentry);