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<title>Merge tag 'vfs-7.0-rc6.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2026-03-29T22:24:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2026-03-29T22:24:28+00:00</published>
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Pull vfs fixes from Christian Brauner:

 - Fix netfs_limit_iter() hitting BUG() when an ITER_KVEC iterator
   reaches it via core dump writes to 9P filesystems. Add ITER_KVEC
   handling following the same pattern as the existing ITER_BVEC code.

 - Fix a NULL pointer dereference in the netfs unbuffered write retry
   path when the filesystem (e.g., 9P) doesn't set the prepare_write
   operation.

 - Clear I_DIRTY_TIME in sync_lazytime for filesystems implementing
  -&gt;sync_lazytime. Without this the flag stays set and may cause
   additional unnecessary calls during inode deactivation.

 - Increase tmpfs size in mount_setattr selftests. A recent commit
   bumped the ext4 image size to 2 GB but didn't adjust the tmpfs
   backing store, so mkfs.ext4 fails with ENOSPC writing metadata.

 - Fix an invalid folio access in iomap when i_blkbits matches the folio
   size but differs from the I/O granularity. The cur_folio pointer
   would not get invalidated and iomap_read_end() would still be called
   on it despite the IO helper owning it.

 - Fix hash_name() docstring.

 - Fix read abandonment during netfs retry where the subreq variable
   used for abandonment could be uninitialized on the first pass or
   point to a deleted subrequest on later passes.

 - Don't block sync for filesystems with no data integrity guarantees.
   Add a SB_I_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY superblock flag replacing the per-inode
   AS_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY mapping flag so sync kicks off writeback but
   doesn't wait for flusher threads. This fixes a suspend-to-RAM hang on
   fuse-overlayfs where the flusher thread blocks when the fuse daemon
   is frozen.

 - Fix a lockdep splat in iomap when reads fail. iomap_read_end_io()
   invokes fserror_report() which calls igrab() taking i_lock in hardirq
   context while i_lock is normally held with interrupts enabled. Kick
   failed read handling to a workqueue.

 - Remove the redundant netfs_io_stream::front member and use
   stream-&gt;subrequests.next instead, fixing a potential issue in the
   direct write code path.

* tag 'vfs-7.0-rc6.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  netfs: Fix the handling of stream-&gt;front by removing it
  iomap: fix lockdep complaint when reads fail
  writeback: don't block sync for filesystems with no data integrity guarantees
  netfs: Fix read abandonment during retry
  vfs: fix docstring of hash_name()
  iomap: fix invalid folio access when i_blkbits differs from I/O granularity
  selftests/mount_setattr: increase tmpfs size for idmapped mount tests
  fs: clear I_DIRTY_TIME in sync_lazytime
  netfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference in netfs_unbuffered_write() on retry
  netfs: Fix kernel BUG in netfs_limit_iter() for ITER_KVEC iterators
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Pull vfs fixes from Christian Brauner:

 - Fix netfs_limit_iter() hitting BUG() when an ITER_KVEC iterator
   reaches it via core dump writes to 9P filesystems. Add ITER_KVEC
   handling following the same pattern as the existing ITER_BVEC code.

 - Fix a NULL pointer dereference in the netfs unbuffered write retry
   path when the filesystem (e.g., 9P) doesn't set the prepare_write
   operation.

 - Clear I_DIRTY_TIME in sync_lazytime for filesystems implementing
  -&gt;sync_lazytime. Without this the flag stays set and may cause
   additional unnecessary calls during inode deactivation.

 - Increase tmpfs size in mount_setattr selftests. A recent commit
   bumped the ext4 image size to 2 GB but didn't adjust the tmpfs
   backing store, so mkfs.ext4 fails with ENOSPC writing metadata.

 - Fix an invalid folio access in iomap when i_blkbits matches the folio
   size but differs from the I/O granularity. The cur_folio pointer
   would not get invalidated and iomap_read_end() would still be called
   on it despite the IO helper owning it.

 - Fix hash_name() docstring.

 - Fix read abandonment during netfs retry where the subreq variable
   used for abandonment could be uninitialized on the first pass or
   point to a deleted subrequest on later passes.

 - Don't block sync for filesystems with no data integrity guarantees.
   Add a SB_I_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY superblock flag replacing the per-inode
   AS_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY mapping flag so sync kicks off writeback but
   doesn't wait for flusher threads. This fixes a suspend-to-RAM hang on
   fuse-overlayfs where the flusher thread blocks when the fuse daemon
   is frozen.

 - Fix a lockdep splat in iomap when reads fail. iomap_read_end_io()
   invokes fserror_report() which calls igrab() taking i_lock in hardirq
   context while i_lock is normally held with interrupts enabled. Kick
   failed read handling to a workqueue.

 - Remove the redundant netfs_io_stream::front member and use
   stream-&gt;subrequests.next instead, fixing a potential issue in the
   direct write code path.

* tag 'vfs-7.0-rc6.fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs:
  netfs: Fix the handling of stream-&gt;front by removing it
  iomap: fix lockdep complaint when reads fail
  writeback: don't block sync for filesystems with no data integrity guarantees
  netfs: Fix read abandonment during retry
  vfs: fix docstring of hash_name()
  iomap: fix invalid folio access when i_blkbits differs from I/O granularity
  selftests/mount_setattr: increase tmpfs size for idmapped mount tests
  fs: clear I_DIRTY_TIME in sync_lazytime
  netfs: Fix NULL pointer dereference in netfs_unbuffered_write() on retry
  netfs: Fix kernel BUG in netfs_limit_iter() for ITER_KVEC iterators
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<title>Merge tag 'ovl-fixes-7.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/overlayfs/vfs</title>
<updated>2026-03-29T16:34:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
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<published>2026-03-29T16:34:50+00:00</published>
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Pull overlayfs fixes from Amir Goldstein:

 - Fix regression in 'xino' feature detection

   I clumsily introduced this regression myself when working on another
   subsystem (fsnotify). Both the regression and the fix have almost no
   visible impact on users except for some kmsg prints.

 - Fix to performance regression in v6.12.

   This regression was reported by Google COS developers.

   It is not uncommon these days for the year-old mature LTS to get
   adopted by distros and get exposed to many new workloads. We made a
   sub-smart move of making a behavior change in v6.12 which could
   impact performance, without making it opt-in. Fixing this mistake
   retroactively, to be picked by LTS.

* tag 'ovl-fixes-7.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/overlayfs/vfs:
  ovl: make fsync after metadata copy-up opt-in mount option
  ovl: fix wrong detection of 32bit inode numbers
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Pull overlayfs fixes from Amir Goldstein:

 - Fix regression in 'xino' feature detection

   I clumsily introduced this regression myself when working on another
   subsystem (fsnotify). Both the regression and the fix have almost no
   visible impact on users except for some kmsg prints.

 - Fix to performance regression in v6.12.

   This regression was reported by Google COS developers.

   It is not uncommon these days for the year-old mature LTS to get
   adopted by distros and get exposed to many new workloads. We made a
   sub-smart move of making a behavior change in v6.12 which could
   impact performance, without making it opt-in. Fixing this mistake
   retroactively, to be picked by LTS.

* tag 'ovl-fixes-7.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/overlayfs/vfs:
  ovl: make fsync after metadata copy-up opt-in mount option
  ovl: fix wrong detection of 32bit inode numbers
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus-7.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4</title>
<updated>2026-03-29T16:30:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-29T16:30:06+00:00</published>
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Pull ext4 fixes from Ted Ts'o:

 - Update the MAINTAINERS file to add reviewers for the ext4 file system

 - Add a test issue an ext4 warning (not a WARN_ON) if there are still
   dirty pages attached to an evicted inode.

 - Fix a number of Syzkaller issues

 - Fix memory leaks on error paths

 - Replace some BUG and WARN with EFSCORRUPTED reporting

 - Fix a potential crash when disabling discard via remount followed by
   an immediate unmount. (Found by Sashiko)

 - Fix a corner case which could lead to allocating blocks for an
   indirect-mapped inode block numbers &gt; 2**32

 - Fix a race when reallocating a freed inode that could result in a
   deadlock

 - Fix a user-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount

 - Fix build issues when trying to build ext4's kunit tests as a module

 - Fix a bug where ext4_split_extent_zeroout() could fail to pass back
   an error from ext4_ext_dirty()

 - Avoid allocating blocks from a corrupted block group in
   ext4_mb_find_by_goal()

 - Fix a percpu_counters list corruption BUG triggered by an ext4
   extents kunit

 - Fix a potetial crash caused by the fast commit flush path potentially
   accessing the jinode structure before it is fully initialized

 - Fix fsync(2) in no-journal mode to make sure the dirtied inode is
   write to storage

 - Fix a bug when in no-journal mode, when ext4 tries to avoid using
   recently deleted inodes, if lazy itable initialization is enabled,
   can lead to an unitialized inode getting skipped and triggering an
   e2fsck complaint

 - Fix journal credit calculation when setting an xattr when both the
   encryption and ea_inode feeatures are enabled

 - Fix corner cases which could result in stale xarray tags after
   writeback

 - Fix generic/475 failures caused by ENOSPC errors while creating a
   symlink when the system crashes resulting to a file system
   inconsistency when replaying the fast commit journal

* tag 'ext4_for_linus-7.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (27 commits)
  ext4: always drain queued discard work in ext4_mb_release()
  ext4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks
  ext4: skip split extent recovery on corruption
  ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths
  ext4: fix deadlock on inode reallocation
  ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount
  ext4: fix the might_sleep() warnings in kvfree()
  ext4: reject mount if bigalloc with s_first_data_block != 0
  ext4: fix extents-test.c is not compiled when EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS=M
  ext4: fix mballoc-test.c is not compiled when EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS=M
  ext4: introduce EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_EXT4_TEST() helper
  jbd2: gracefully abort on checkpointing state corruptions
  ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by residual data
  ext4: validate p_idx bounds in ext4_ext_correct_indexes
  ext4: test if inode's all dirty pages are submitted to disk
  ext4: minor fix for ext4_split_extent_zeroout()
  ext4: avoid allocate block from corrupted group in ext4_mb_find_by_goal()
  ext4: kunit: extents-test: lix percpu_counters list corruption
  ext4: publish jinode after initialization
  ext4: replace BUG_ON with proper error handling in ext4_read_inline_folio
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Pull ext4 fixes from Ted Ts'o:

 - Update the MAINTAINERS file to add reviewers for the ext4 file system

 - Add a test issue an ext4 warning (not a WARN_ON) if there are still
   dirty pages attached to an evicted inode.

 - Fix a number of Syzkaller issues

 - Fix memory leaks on error paths

 - Replace some BUG and WARN with EFSCORRUPTED reporting

 - Fix a potential crash when disabling discard via remount followed by
   an immediate unmount. (Found by Sashiko)

 - Fix a corner case which could lead to allocating blocks for an
   indirect-mapped inode block numbers &gt; 2**32

 - Fix a race when reallocating a freed inode that could result in a
   deadlock

 - Fix a user-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount

 - Fix build issues when trying to build ext4's kunit tests as a module

 - Fix a bug where ext4_split_extent_zeroout() could fail to pass back
   an error from ext4_ext_dirty()

 - Avoid allocating blocks from a corrupted block group in
   ext4_mb_find_by_goal()

 - Fix a percpu_counters list corruption BUG triggered by an ext4
   extents kunit

 - Fix a potetial crash caused by the fast commit flush path potentially
   accessing the jinode structure before it is fully initialized

 - Fix fsync(2) in no-journal mode to make sure the dirtied inode is
   write to storage

 - Fix a bug when in no-journal mode, when ext4 tries to avoid using
   recently deleted inodes, if lazy itable initialization is enabled,
   can lead to an unitialized inode getting skipped and triggering an
   e2fsck complaint

 - Fix journal credit calculation when setting an xattr when both the
   encryption and ea_inode feeatures are enabled

 - Fix corner cases which could result in stale xarray tags after
   writeback

 - Fix generic/475 failures caused by ENOSPC errors while creating a
   symlink when the system crashes resulting to a file system
   inconsistency when replaying the fast commit journal

* tag 'ext4_for_linus-7.0-rc6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (27 commits)
  ext4: always drain queued discard work in ext4_mb_release()
  ext4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks
  ext4: skip split extent recovery on corruption
  ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths
  ext4: fix deadlock on inode reallocation
  ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount
  ext4: fix the might_sleep() warnings in kvfree()
  ext4: reject mount if bigalloc with s_first_data_block != 0
  ext4: fix extents-test.c is not compiled when EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS=M
  ext4: fix mballoc-test.c is not compiled when EXT4_KUNIT_TESTS=M
  ext4: introduce EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_EXT4_TEST() helper
  jbd2: gracefully abort on checkpointing state corruptions
  ext4: avoid infinite loops caused by residual data
  ext4: validate p_idx bounds in ext4_ext_correct_indexes
  ext4: test if inode's all dirty pages are submitted to disk
  ext4: minor fix for ext4_split_extent_zeroout()
  ext4: avoid allocate block from corrupted group in ext4_mb_find_by_goal()
  ext4: kunit: extents-test: lix percpu_counters list corruption
  ext4: publish jinode after initialization
  ext4: replace BUG_ON with proper error handling in ext4_read_inline_folio
  ...
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<title>Merge tag 'for-7.0-rc5-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T22:23:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-28T22:23:03+00:00</published>
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Pull btrfs fixes from David Sterba:
 "A few more fixes. There's one that stands out in size as it fixes an
  edge case in fsync.

   - fix issue on fsync where file with zero size appears as a non-zero
     after log replay

   - in zlib compression, handle a crash when data alignment causes
     folio reference issues

   - fix possible crash with enabled tracepoints on a overlayfs mount

   - handle device stats update error

   - on zoned filesystems, fix kobject leak on sub-block groups

   - fix super block offset in an error message in validation"

* tag 'for-7.0-rc5-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux:
  btrfs: fix lost error when running device stats on multiple devices fs
  btrfs: tracepoints: get correct superblock from dentry in event btrfs_sync_file()
  btrfs: zlib: handle page aligned compressed size correctly
  btrfs: fix leak of kobject name for sub-group space_info
  btrfs: fix zero size inode with non-zero size after log replay
  btrfs: fix super block offset in error message in btrfs_validate_super()
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Pull btrfs fixes from David Sterba:
 "A few more fixes. There's one that stands out in size as it fixes an
  edge case in fsync.

   - fix issue on fsync where file with zero size appears as a non-zero
     after log replay

   - in zlib compression, handle a crash when data alignment causes
     folio reference issues

   - fix possible crash with enabled tracepoints on a overlayfs mount

   - handle device stats update error

   - on zoned filesystems, fix kobject leak on sub-block groups

   - fix super block offset in an error message in validation"

* tag 'for-7.0-rc5-tag' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kdave/linux:
  btrfs: fix lost error when running device stats on multiple devices fs
  btrfs: tracepoints: get correct superblock from dentry in event btrfs_sync_file()
  btrfs: zlib: handle page aligned compressed size correctly
  btrfs: fix leak of kobject name for sub-group space_info
  btrfs: fix zero size inode with non-zero size after log replay
  btrfs: fix super block offset in error message in btrfs_validate_super()
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<title>ext4: always drain queued discard work in ext4_mb_release()</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T03:39:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-27T06:13:15+00:00</published>
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While reviewing recent ext4 patch[1], Sashiko raised the following
concern[2]:

&gt; If the filesystem is initially mounted with the discard option,
&gt; deleting files will populate sbi-&gt;s_discard_list and queue
&gt; s_discard_work. If it is then remounted with nodiscard, the
&gt; EXT4_MOUNT_DISCARD flag is cleared, but the pending s_discard_work is
&gt; neither cancelled nor flushed.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260319094545.19291-1-qiang.zhang@linux.dev/
[2] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260319094545.19291-1-qiang.zhang%40linux.dev

The concern was valid, but it had nothing to do with the patch[1].
One of the problems with Sashiko in its current (early) form is that
it will detect pre-existing issues and report it as a problem with the
patch that it is reviewing.

In practice, it would be hard to hit deliberately (unless you are a
malicious syzkaller fuzzer), since it would involve mounting the file
system with -o discard, and then deleting a large number of files,
remounting the file system with -o nodiscard, and then immediately
unmounting the file system before the queued discard work has a change
to drain on its own.

Fix it because it's a real bug, and to avoid Sashiko from raising this
concern when analyzing future patches to mballoc.c.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Fixes: 55cdd0af2bc5 ("ext4: get discard out of jbd2 commit kthread contex")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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While reviewing recent ext4 patch[1], Sashiko raised the following
concern[2]:

&gt; If the filesystem is initially mounted with the discard option,
&gt; deleting files will populate sbi-&gt;s_discard_list and queue
&gt; s_discard_work. If it is then remounted with nodiscard, the
&gt; EXT4_MOUNT_DISCARD flag is cleared, but the pending s_discard_work is
&gt; neither cancelled nor flushed.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260319094545.19291-1-qiang.zhang@linux.dev/
[2] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260319094545.19291-1-qiang.zhang%40linux.dev

The concern was valid, but it had nothing to do with the patch[1].
One of the problems with Sashiko in its current (early) form is that
it will detect pre-existing issues and report it as a problem with the
patch that it is reviewing.

In practice, it would be hard to hit deliberately (unless you are a
malicious syzkaller fuzzer), since it would involve mounting the file
system with -o discard, and then deleting a large number of files,
remounting the file system with -o nodiscard, and then immediately
unmounting the file system before the queued discard work has a change
to drain on its own.

Fix it because it's a real bug, and to avoid Sashiko from raising this
concern when analyzing future patches to mballoc.c.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Fixes: 55cdd0af2bc5 ("ext4: get discard out of jbd2 commit kthread contex")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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<entry>
<title>ext4: handle wraparound when searching for blocks for indirect mapped blocks</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T03:39:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Theodore Ts'o</name>
<email>tytso@mit.edu</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-26T04:58:34+00:00</published>
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Commit 4865c768b563 ("ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups
inode can use") restricts what blocks will be allocated for indirect
block based files to block numbers that fit within 32-bit block
numbers.

However, when using a review bot running on the latest Gemini LLM to
check this commit when backporting into an LTS based kernel, it raised
this concern:

   If ac-&gt;ac_g_ex.fe_group is &gt;= ngroups (for instance, if the goal
   group was populated via stream allocation from s_mb_last_groups),
   then start will be &gt;= ngroups.

   Does this allow allocating blocks beyond the 32-bit limit for
   indirect block mapped files? The commit message mentions that
   ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear() takes care to not select unsupported
   groups. However, its loop uses group = *start, and the very first
   iteration will call ext4_mb_scan_group() with this unsupported
   group because next_linear_group() is only called at the end of the
   iteration.

After reviewing the code paths involved and considering the LLM
review, I determined that this can happen when there is a file system
where some files/directories are extent-mapped and others are
indirect-block mapped.  To address this, add a safety clamp in
ext4_mb_scan_groups().

Fixes: 4865c768b563 ("ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups inode can use")
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li &lt;libaokun@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326045834.1175822-1-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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Commit 4865c768b563 ("ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups
inode can use") restricts what blocks will be allocated for indirect
block based files to block numbers that fit within 32-bit block
numbers.

However, when using a review bot running on the latest Gemini LLM to
check this commit when backporting into an LTS based kernel, it raised
this concern:

   If ac-&gt;ac_g_ex.fe_group is &gt;= ngroups (for instance, if the goal
   group was populated via stream allocation from s_mb_last_groups),
   then start will be &gt;= ngroups.

   Does this allow allocating blocks beyond the 32-bit limit for
   indirect block mapped files? The commit message mentions that
   ext4_mb_scan_groups_linear() takes care to not select unsupported
   groups. However, its loop uses group = *start, and the very first
   iteration will call ext4_mb_scan_group() with this unsupported
   group because next_linear_group() is only called at the end of the
   iteration.

After reviewing the code paths involved and considering the LLM
review, I determined that this can happen when there is a file system
where some files/directories are extent-mapped and others are
indirect-block mapped.  To address this, add a safety clamp in
ext4_mb_scan_groups().

Fixes: 4865c768b563 ("ext4: always allocate blocks only from groups inode can use")
Cc: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li &lt;libaokun@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326045834.1175822-1-tytso@mit.edu
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: skip split extent recovery on corruption</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T03:38:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>hongao</name>
<email>hongao@uniontech.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-24T01:58:15+00:00</published>
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ext4_split_extent_at() retries after ext4_ext_insert_extent() fails by
refinding the original extent and restoring its length. That recovery is
only safe for transient resource failures such as -ENOSPC, -EDQUOT, and
-ENOMEM.

When ext4_ext_insert_extent() fails because the extent tree is already
corrupted, ext4_find_extent() can return a leaf path without p_ext.
ext4_split_extent_at() then dereferences path[depth].p_ext while trying to
fix up the original extent length, causing a NULL pointer dereference while
handling a pre-existing filesystem corruption.

Do not enter the recovery path for corruption errors, and validate p_ext
after refinding the extent before touching it. This keeps the recovery path
limited to cases it can actually repair and turns the syzbot-triggered crash
into a proper corruption report.

Fixes: 716b9c23b862 ("ext4: refactor split and convert extents")
Reported-by: syzbot+1ffa5d865557e51cb604@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1ffa5d865557e51cb604
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi &lt;yi.zhang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: hongao &lt;hongao@uniontech.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/EF77870F23FF9C90+20260324015815.35248-1-hongao@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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ext4_split_extent_at() retries after ext4_ext_insert_extent() fails by
refinding the original extent and restoring its length. That recovery is
only safe for transient resource failures such as -ENOSPC, -EDQUOT, and
-ENOMEM.

When ext4_ext_insert_extent() fails because the extent tree is already
corrupted, ext4_find_extent() can return a leaf path without p_ext.
ext4_split_extent_at() then dereferences path[depth].p_ext while trying to
fix up the original extent length, causing a NULL pointer dereference while
handling a pre-existing filesystem corruption.

Do not enter the recovery path for corruption errors, and validate p_ext
after refinding the extent before touching it. This keeps the recovery path
limited to cases it can actually repair and turns the syzbot-triggered crash
into a proper corruption report.

Fixes: 716b9c23b862 ("ext4: refactor split and convert extents")
Reported-by: syzbot+1ffa5d865557e51cb604@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=1ffa5d865557e51cb604
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi &lt;yi.zhang@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: hongao &lt;hongao@uniontech.com&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/EF77870F23FF9C90+20260324015815.35248-1-hongao@uniontech.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T03:38:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Baokun Li</name>
<email>libaokun@linux.alibaba.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-23T06:08:36+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=ec0a7500d8eace5b4f305fa0c594dd148f0e8d29'/>
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During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls
ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a
reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse().

However, several error paths jump to the 'out' label without
releasing iloc.bh:

 - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure
 - sync_dirty_buffer() failure
 - ext4_mark_inode_used() failure
 - ext4_iget() failure

Fix this by introducing an 'out_brelse' label placed just before
the existing 'out' label to ensure iloc.bh is always released.

Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors
properly instead of always returning 0.

Reported-by: Joseph Qi &lt;joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Fixes: 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li &lt;libaokun@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi &lt;yi.zhang@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323060836.3452660-1-libaokun@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls
ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a
reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse().

However, several error paths jump to the 'out' label without
releasing iloc.bh:

 - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure
 - sync_dirty_buffer() failure
 - ext4_mark_inode_used() failure
 - ext4_iget() failure

Fix this by introducing an 'out_brelse' label placed just before
the existing 'out' label to ensure iloc.bh is always released.

Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors
properly instead of always returning 0.

Reported-by: Joseph Qi &lt;joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Fixes: 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path")
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li &lt;libaokun@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi &lt;yi.zhang@huawei.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260323060836.3452660-1-libaokun@linux.alibaba.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: fix deadlock on inode reallocation</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T03:37:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jan Kara</name>
<email>jack@suse.cz</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-20T09:04:29+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.toradex.cn/cgit/linux-toradex.git/commit/?id=0c90eed1b95335eba4f546e6742a8e4503d79349'/>
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Currently there is a race in ext4 when reallocating freed inode
resulting in a deadlock:

Task1					Task2
ext4_evict_inode()
  handle = ext4_journal_start();
  ...
  if (IS_SYNC(inode))
    handle-&gt;h_sync = 1;
  ext4_free_inode()
					ext4_new_inode()
					  handle = ext4_journal_start()
					  finds the bit in inode bitmap
					    already clear
					  insert_inode_locked()
					    waits for inode to be
					      removed from the hash.
  ext4_journal_stop(handle)
    jbd2_journal_stop(handle)
      jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
        - deadlocks waiting for transaction handle Task2 holds

Fix the problem by removing inode from the hash already in
ext4_clear_inode() by which time all IO for the inode is done so reuse
is already fine but we are still before possibly blocking on transaction
commit.

Reported-by: "Lai, Yi" &lt;yi1.lai@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/abNvb2PcrKj1FBeC@ly-workstation
Fixes: 88ec797c4680 ("fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260320090428.24899-2-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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Currently there is a race in ext4 when reallocating freed inode
resulting in a deadlock:

Task1					Task2
ext4_evict_inode()
  handle = ext4_journal_start();
  ...
  if (IS_SYNC(inode))
    handle-&gt;h_sync = 1;
  ext4_free_inode()
					ext4_new_inode()
					  handle = ext4_journal_start()
					  finds the bit in inode bitmap
					    already clear
					  insert_inode_locked()
					    waits for inode to be
					      removed from the hash.
  ext4_journal_stop(handle)
    jbd2_journal_stop(handle)
      jbd2_log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
        - deadlocks waiting for transaction handle Task2 holds

Fix the problem by removing inode from the hash already in
ext4_clear_inode() by which time all IO for the inode is done so reuse
is already fine but we are still before possibly blocking on transaction
commit.

Reported-by: "Lai, Yi" &lt;yi1.lai@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/abNvb2PcrKj1FBeC@ly-workstation
Fixes: 88ec797c4680 ("fs: make insert_inode_locked() wait for inode destruction")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260320090428.24899-2-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>ext4: fix use-after-free in update_super_work when racing with umount</title>
<updated>2026-03-28T03:37:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jiayuan Chen</name>
<email>jiayuan.chen@shopee.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-03-19T12:03:35+00:00</published>
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Commit b98535d09179 ("ext4: fix bug_on in start_this_handle during umount
filesystem") moved ext4_unregister_sysfs() before flushing s_sb_upd_work
to prevent new error work from being queued via /proc/fs/ext4/xx/mb_groups
reads during unmount. However, this introduced a use-after-free because
update_super_work calls ext4_notify_error_sysfs() -&gt; sysfs_notify() which
accesses the kobject's kernfs_node after it has been freed by kobject_del()
in ext4_unregister_sysfs():

  update_super_work                ext4_put_super
  -----------------                --------------
                                   ext4_unregister_sysfs(sb)
                                     kobject_del(&amp;sbi-&gt;s_kobj)
                                       __kobject_del()
                                         sysfs_remove_dir()
                                           kobj-&gt;sd = NULL
                                         sysfs_put(sd)
                                           kernfs_put()  // RCU free
  ext4_notify_error_sysfs(sbi)
    sysfs_notify(&amp;sbi-&gt;s_kobj)
      kn = kobj-&gt;sd              // stale pointer
      kernfs_get(kn)             // UAF on freed kernfs_node
                                   ext4_journal_destroy()
                                     flush_work(&amp;sbi-&gt;s_sb_upd_work)

Instead of reordering the teardown sequence, fix this by making
ext4_notify_error_sysfs() detect that sysfs has already been torn down
by checking s_kobj.state_in_sysfs, and skipping the sysfs_notify() call
in that case. A dedicated mutex (s_error_notify_mutex) serializes
ext4_notify_error_sysfs() against kobject_del() in ext4_unregister_sysfs()
to prevent TOCTOU races where the kobject could be deleted between the
state_in_sysfs check and the sysfs_notify() call.

Fixes: b98535d09179 ("ext4: fix bug_on in start_this_handle during umount filesystem")
Cc: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@linux.dev&gt;
Suggested-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) &lt;ritesh.list@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319120336.157873-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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Commit b98535d09179 ("ext4: fix bug_on in start_this_handle during umount
filesystem") moved ext4_unregister_sysfs() before flushing s_sb_upd_work
to prevent new error work from being queued via /proc/fs/ext4/xx/mb_groups
reads during unmount. However, this introduced a use-after-free because
update_super_work calls ext4_notify_error_sysfs() -&gt; sysfs_notify() which
accesses the kobject's kernfs_node after it has been freed by kobject_del()
in ext4_unregister_sysfs():

  update_super_work                ext4_put_super
  -----------------                --------------
                                   ext4_unregister_sysfs(sb)
                                     kobject_del(&amp;sbi-&gt;s_kobj)
                                       __kobject_del()
                                         sysfs_remove_dir()
                                           kobj-&gt;sd = NULL
                                         sysfs_put(sd)
                                           kernfs_put()  // RCU free
  ext4_notify_error_sysfs(sbi)
    sysfs_notify(&amp;sbi-&gt;s_kobj)
      kn = kobj-&gt;sd              // stale pointer
      kernfs_get(kn)             // UAF on freed kernfs_node
                                   ext4_journal_destroy()
                                     flush_work(&amp;sbi-&gt;s_sb_upd_work)

Instead of reordering the teardown sequence, fix this by making
ext4_notify_error_sysfs() detect that sysfs has already been torn down
by checking s_kobj.state_in_sysfs, and skipping the sysfs_notify() call
in that case. A dedicated mutex (s_error_notify_mutex) serializes
ext4_notify_error_sysfs() against kobject_del() in ext4_unregister_sysfs()
to prevent TOCTOU races where the kobject could be deleted between the
state_in_sysfs check and the sysfs_notify() call.

Fixes: b98535d09179 ("ext4: fix bug_on in start_this_handle during umount filesystem")
Cc: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@linux.dev&gt;
Suggested-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jiayuan Chen &lt;jiayuan.chen@shopee.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) &lt;ritesh.list@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260319120336.157873-1-jiayuan.chen@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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