[PATCH 4.9 36/95] ext4: protect i_disksize update by i_data_sem in direct write path

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Apr 22 2018 - 11:02:41 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@xxxxxxxxx>

commit 73fdad00b208b139cf43f3163fbc0f67e4c6047c upstream.

i_disksize update should be protected by i_data_sem, by either taking
the lock explicitly or by using ext4_update_i_disksize() helper. But the
i_disksize updates in ext4_direct_IO_write() are not protected at all,
which may be racing with i_disksize updates in writeback path in
delalloc buffer write path.

This is found by code inspection, and I didn't hit any i_disksize
corruption due to this bug. Thanks to Jan Kara for catching this bug and
suggesting the fix!

Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eryu Guan <guaneryu@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 5 ++---
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3396,7 +3396,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(stru
{
struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
- struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
ssize_t ret;
loff_t offset = iocb->ki_pos;
size_t count = iov_iter_count(iter);
@@ -3420,7 +3419,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(stru
goto out;
}
orphan = 1;
- ei->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
+ ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, inode->i_size);
ext4_journal_stop(handle);
}

@@ -3548,7 +3547,7 @@ static ssize_t ext4_direct_IO_write(stru
if (ret > 0) {
loff_t end = offset + ret;
if (end > inode->i_size) {
- ei->i_disksize = end;
+ ext4_update_i_disksize(inode, end);
i_size_write(inode, end);
/*
* We're going to return a positive `ret'