[PATCH] ceph: fix refcount leak in write_folio_nounlock()

From: WenTao Liang

Date: Thu Jun 11 2026 - 10:34:44 EST


write_folio_nounlock() unconditionally increments
fsc->writeback_count before allocating an OSD request. If an
early error causes the function to return without queuing an
active write, the counter is never decremented, leaking a
reference and making the filesystem appear permanently
congested. Three such paths exist:

- ceph_osdc_new_request() fails: the folio is redirtied, but
writeback_count remains incremented.

- After the request is allocated, the fscrypt bounce page
allocation fails. The function ends writeback on the folio
and releases the request, but does not drop the
writeback_count reference.

- The write is interrupted by a signal (e.g. -ERESTARTSYS).
The folio is redirtied and writeback is ended, yet again the
counter is left elevated.

Fix the leaks by adding an atomic_long_dec() in each of these
early return paths, balancing the initial inc.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fixes: 6390987f2f4c ("ceph: fold ceph_sync_writepages into writepage_nounlock")
Signed-off-by: WenTao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ceph/addr.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 0a86f672cc09..dac2b0ae7d37 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static int write_folio_nounlock(struct folio *folio,
ceph_wbc.truncate_size, true);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
+ atomic_long_dec(&fsc->writeback_count);
return PTR_ERR(req);
}

@@ -809,6 +810,7 @@ static int write_folio_nounlock(struct folio *folio,
folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
folio_end_writeback(folio);
ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
+ atomic_long_dec(&fsc->writeback_count);
return PTR_ERR(bounce_page);
}
}
@@ -847,6 +849,7 @@ static int write_folio_nounlock(struct folio *folio,
ceph_vinop(inode), folio);
folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
folio_end_writeback(folio);
+ atomic_long_dec(&fsc->writeback_count);
return err;
}
if (err == -EBLOCKLISTED)
--
2.50.1 (Apple Git-155)