linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 0/3] ext4: Create EA inodes outside of buffer lock

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 10:54:28 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] ext4: Create EA inodes outside of buffer lock


On Fri, 09 Feb 2024 12:20:58 +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> ext4_xattr_set_entry() creates new EA inodes while holding buffer lock on the
> external xattr block. This is problematic as it nests all the allocation
> locking (which acquires locks on other buffers) under the buffer lock. This can
> even deadlock when the filesystem is corrupted and e.g. quota file is setup to
> contain xattr block as data block as syzbot has spotted. This series moves
> the allocation of EA inode to happen outside of the buffer lock which is
> generally more sensible and also fixes the syzbot reproducer.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/3] ext4: Fold quota accounting into ext4_xattr_inode_lookup_create()
      commit: 8208c41c43ad5e9b63dce6c45a73e326109ca658
[2/3] ext4: Do not create EA inode under buffer lock
      commit: ea554578483b351693923be42bcff139c8023552
[3/3] ext4: Drop duplicate ea_inode handling in ext4_xattr_block_set()
      commit: 72e38f8615148d118ffb82f9055068f8c491c385

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>