linux-ext4 - Re: [syzbot] [ext4?] WARNING in mb_cache

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Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 09:54:56 +0800
From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
To: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, syzbot
	<syzbot+dd43bd0f7474512edc47@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
CC: <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<llvm@...ts.linux.dev>, <nathan@...nel.org>, <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	<ritesh.list@...il.com>, <syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com>,
	<trix@...hat.com>, <tytso@....edu>, yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>, Baokun
 Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [syzbot] [ext4?] WARNING in mb_cache_destroy

On 2024/5/2 18:33, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Tue 30-04-24 08:04:03, syzbot wrote:
>> syzbot has bisected this issue to:
>>
>> commit 67d7d8ad99beccd9fe92d585b87f1760dc9018e3
>> Author: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
>> Date:   Thu Jun 16 02:13:56 2022 +0000
>>
>>      ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_xattr_set_entry
> So I'm not sure the bisect is correct since the change is looking harmless.
> But it is sufficiently related that there indeed may be some relationship.
> Anyway, the kernel log has:
>
> [   44.932900][ T1063] EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_evict_inode:297: xattr delete (err -12)
> [   44.943316][ T1063] EXT4-fs (loop0): unmounting filesystem.
> [   44.949531][ T1063] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [   44.955050][ T1063] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1063 at fs/mbcache.c:409 mb_cache_destroy+0xda/0x110
>
> So ext4_xattr_delete_inode() called when removing inode has failed with
> ENOMEM and later mb_cache_destroy() was eventually complaining about having
> mbcache entry with increased refcount. So likely some error cleanup path is
> forgetting to drop mbcache entry reference somewhere but at this point I
> cannot find where. We'll likely need to play with the reproducer to debug
> that. Baokun, any chance for looking into this?
>
> 								Honza

Hi Honza,

Sorry for the late reply, the first two days were May Day holidays.
Thanks for the heads up, I'll take a look at this soon.

Regards,
Baokun