Re: [PATCH v4] f2fs: use post-decrement count for cp_wait wakeup

From: Chao Yu

Date: Mon Jun 15 2026 - 23:37:33 EST


On 6/16/26 11:31, Wenjie Qi wrote:
> f2fs_write_end_io() decrements the writeback page counter and then
> reads it again with get_pages() to decide whether the last
> F2FS_WB_CP_DATA completion should wake cp_wait.
>
> Use atomic_dec_return() for F2FS_WB_CP_DATA completions so the wakeup
> decision is made from the value produced by the decrement itself. Keep
> the existing dec_page_count() path for other writeback counters.
>
> Fixes: ce2739e482bc ("f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_write_end_io()")

Fixes: e234088758fc ("f2fs: avoid wait if IO end up when do_checkpoint for better performance")
Fixes: ce2739e482bc ("f2fs: fix to avoid UAF in f2fs_write_end_io()")

Thanks,

> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi <qiwenjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v4:
> - Add Fixes and Cc stable tags.
>
> fs/f2fs/data.c | 12 +++++++-----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> index d83a21998ec2..58d23eb74ec2 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
> @@ -392,15 +392,17 @@ static void f2fs_write_end_io(struct bio *bio)
> if (f2fs_in_warm_node_list(folio))
> f2fs_del_fsync_node_entry(sbi, folio);
>
> - dec_page_count(sbi, type);
> -
> /*
> * we should access sbi before folio_end_writeback() to
> * avoid racing w/ kill_f2fs_super()
> */
> - if (type == F2FS_WB_CP_DATA && !get_pages(sbi, type) &&
> - wq_has_sleeper(&sbi->cp_wait))
> - wake_up(&sbi->cp_wait);
> + if (type == F2FS_WB_CP_DATA) {
> + if (!atomic_dec_return(&sbi->nr_pages[type]) &&
> + wq_has_sleeper(&sbi->cp_wait))
> + wake_up(&sbi->cp_wait);
> + } else {
> + dec_page_count(sbi, type);
> + }
>
> folio_clear_f2fs_gcing(folio);
> folio_end_writeback(folio);