[f2fs-dev] [PATCH v3 2/2] f2fs: fix infinite loop in __insert_extent_tree()

From: wangzijie
Date: Tue Sep 16 2025 - 22:36:51 EST


When we get wrong extent info data, and look up extent_node in rb tree,
it will cause infinite loop (CONFIG_F2FS_CHECK_FS=n). Avoiding this by
return NULL and print some kernel messages in that case.

Signed-off-by: wangzijie <wangzijie1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- followed by Jaegeuk's suggestion to print some kernel messages
---
fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c b/fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c
index 199c1e7a8..ba0a07bfd 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/extent_cache.c
@@ -604,7 +604,13 @@ static struct extent_node *__insert_extent_tree(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,
p = &(*p)->rb_right;
leftmost = false;
} else {
+ f2fs_err_ratelimited(sbi, "%s: corrupted extent, type: %d, "
+ "extent node in rb tree [%u, %u, %u], age [%llu, %llu], "
+ "extent node to insert [%u, %u, %u], age [%llu, %llu]",
+ __func__, et->type, en->ei.fofs, en->ei.blk, en->ei.len, en->ei.age,
+ en->ei.last_blocks, ei->fofs, ei->blk, ei->len, ei->age, ei->last_blocks);
f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1);
+ return NULL;
}
}

--
2.25.1