[PATCH] f2fs: check cp_error before committing atomic writes

From: Wenjie Qi

Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 02:18:28 EST


F2FS checks cp_error before entering the ioctl path, but cp_error can be
set after that and before atomic commit starts replacing blocks.

In that case, F2FS_IOC_COMMIT_ATOMIC_WRITE returns -EIO, but the current
mount can still expose the new data before remount.

Check cp_error again in f2fs_commit_atomic_write() after
filemap_write_and_wait_range() and before block replacement starts.

Fixes: 3db1de0e582c ("f2fs: change the current atomic write way")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Wenjie Qi <qiwenjie@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/segment.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

QEMU validation:
- before fix, FAULT_CHECKPOINT made COMMIT_ATOMIC_WRITE fail with -EIO,
while the current mount still exposed the new data; after remount, the
file reverted to the old data.
- after fix, the same fault still failed with -EIO, and both the current
mount and the remounted filesystem kept the old data.
- no-fault smoke still committed the new data successfully and preserved it
across remount.

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 0b706568b034..e6384dd2e916 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ int f2fs_commit_atomic_write(struct inode *inode)
if (err)
return err;

+ if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi)))
+ return -EIO;
+
f2fs_down_write(&fi->i_gc_rwsem[WRITE]);
f2fs_lock_op(sbi, &lc);

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2.43.0