linux-ext4 - [PATCH 01/12] ext4: Don't remount read-only with errors=continue on reboot

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Date:   Fri, 27 Nov 2020 12:33:54 +0100
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] ext4: Don't remount read-only with errors=continue on reboot

ext4_handle_error() with errors=continue mount option can accidentally
remount the filesystem read-only when the system is rebooting. Fix that.

Fixes: 1dc1097ff60e ("ext4: avoid panic during forced reboot")
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 94472044f4c1..2b08b162075c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -666,19 +666,17 @@ static bool system_going_down(void)
 
 static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb)
 {
+	journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
+
 	if (test_opt(sb, WARN_ON_ERROR))
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
 
-	if (sb_rdonly(sb))
+	if (sb_rdonly(sb) || test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT))
 		return;
 
-	if (!test_opt(sb, ERRORS_CONT)) {
-		journal_t *journal = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal;
-
-		ext4_set_mount_flag(sb, EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED);
-		if (journal)
-			jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
-	}
+	ext4_set_mount_flag(sb, EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED);
+	if (journal)
+		jbd2_journal_abort(journal, -EIO);
 	/*
 	 * We force ERRORS_RO behavior when system is rebooting. Otherwise we
 	 * could panic during 'reboot -f' as the underlying device got already
-- 
2.16.4