[PATCH v3 2/3] ocfs2: free replay slots in ocfs2_recovery_exit()

From: Joseph Qi

Date: Fri Aug 28 2026 - 07:28:48 EST


Commit ce2fcf1516d6 ("ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume()")
added ocfs2_free_replay_slots() calls to the mount error paths
out_dismount and out_check_volume to fix a leak of osb->replay_map.
However these calls are unlocked while the bail path of the recovery
thread, which is woken up by out_dismount right before the call, also
frees the replay slots under osb->recovery_lock. Both sides can thus
observe a non-NULL osb->replay_map and trigger a double free.

Fix this by moving ocfs2_free_replay_slots() into ocfs2_recovery_exit()
after ocfs2_recovery_disable(), which waits for a running recovery
thread to exit under osb->recovery_lock, and drop the unlocked call
sites. Both ocfs2_dismount_volume() and the out_super path of
ocfs2_fill_super() call ocfs2_recovery_exit(), so the replay slots are
freed on every path. Since super.c no longer references it, make
ocfs2_free_replay_slots() static again.

Fixes: ce2fcf1516d6 ("ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume()")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/journal.c | 3 ++-
fs/ocfs2/journal.h | 1 -
fs/ocfs2/super.c | 5 +----
3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
index d8afbc1a76bb..a3938a03e93b 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void ocfs2_queue_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
replay_map->rm_state = REPLAY_DONE;
}

-void ocfs2_free_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
+static void ocfs2_free_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
{
struct ocfs2_replay_map *replay_map = osb->replay_map;

@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
/* XXX: Should we bug if there are dirty entries? */

kfree(rm);
+ ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb);
}

static int __ocfs2_recovery_map_test(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
index f8b3b2a3d630..19fc920d26b1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
void ocfs2_recovery_disable_quota(struct ocfs2_super *osb);

int ocfs2_compute_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
-void ocfs2_free_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
/*
* Journal Control:
* Initialize, Load, Shutdown, Wipe a journal.
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
index f785c39d1fb8..6a8092b65bb5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
@@ -1162,7 +1162,6 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
out_dismount:
atomic_set(&osb->vol_state, VOLUME_DISABLED);
wake_up(&osb->osb_mount_event);
- ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb);
ocfs2_dismount_volume(sb, 1);
goto out;

@@ -1776,14 +1775,12 @@ static int ocfs2_mount_volume(struct super_block *sb)
status = ocfs2_truncate_log_init(osb);
if (status < 0) {
mlog_errno(status);
- goto out_check_volume;
+ goto out_system_inodes;
}

ocfs2_super_unlock(osb, 1);
return 0;

-out_check_volume:
- ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb);
out_system_inodes:
if (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_ENABLED)
ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(osb);
--
2.39.3