ocfs2: mark inode bad upon validation failure during read

A VFS cache inconsistency, potentially triggered by sequences like
buffered writes followed by open(O_DIRECT), can result in an invalid
on-disk inode block (e.g., bad signature).  OCFS2 detects this corruption
when reading the inode block via ocfs2_validate_inode_block(), logs
"Invalid dinode", and often switches the filesystem to read-only mode.

The VFS open(O_DIRECT) operation appears to incorrectly clear the inode's
I_DIRTY flag without ensuring the dirty metadata (reflecting the earlier
buffered write, e.g., an updated i_size) is flushed to disk.  This leaves
the in-memory VFS inode object "in limbo" with an updated size (e.g.,
38639 from the write) but marked clean, while its on-disk counterpart
remains stale (e.g., size 0) or invalid.

Currently, the function reading the inode block
(ocfs2_read_inode_block_full()) fails to call make_bad_inode() upon
detecting the validation error.  Because the in-memory inode is not marked
bad, subsequent operations (like ftruncate) proceed erroneously.  They
eventually reach code (e.g., ocfs2_truncate_file()) that compares the
inconsistent in-memory size (38639) against the invalid/stale on-disk size
(0), leading to kernel crashes via BUG_ON.

Fix this by calling make_bad_inode(inode) within the error handling path
of ocfs2_read_inode_block_full() immediately after a block read or
validation error occurs.  This ensures VFS is properly notified about the
corrupt inode at the point of detection.  Marking the inode bad allows VFS
to correctly fail subsequent operations targeting this inode early,
preventing kernel panics caused by operating on known inconsistent inode
states.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251118001833.423470-2-eraykrdg1@gmail.com
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20251029225748.11361-2-eraykrdg1@gmail.com/T/
Signed-off-by: Albin Babu Varghese <albinbabuvarghese20@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ahmet Eray Karadag <eraykrdg1@gmail.com>
Reported-by: syzbot+b93b65ee321c97861072@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b93b65ee321c97861072
Reviewed-by: Heming Zhao <heming.zhao@suse.com>
Co-developed-by: Albin Babu Varghese <albinbabuvarghese20@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc: David Hunter <david.hunter.linux@gmail.com>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>
Cc: Junxiao Bi <junxiao.bi@oracle.com>
Cc: Changwei Ge <gechangwei@live.cn>
Cc: Jun Piao <piaojun@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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