[PATCH 2/8] xfs: refuse a direct allocation whose block reservation would wrap

From: Daejun Park via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Oct 07 2026 - 21:41:02 EST


From: Daejun Park <daejun7.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>

xfs_iomap_write_direct() maps one extent, but it reserves blocks for the
whole count it is given, in an unsigned int. A count of about 2^32
blocks or more wraps the reservation. If it wraps to a few blocks, the
allocation uses more blocks than the transaction reserved, and
xfs_trans_mod_sb() shuts the filesystem down. If it wraps to nearly 2^32
blocks, the allocation fails with -ENOSPC.

Direct I/O, DAX and buffered writes with an extent size hint never ask
for that much, as xfs_direct_write_iomap_begin() limits them to
1024 pages to keep the count below 32 bits. xfs_fs_map_blocks() has no
such limit: it asks for everything from the start of a hole to the end
of the range of a pNFS layout, which a client chooses, and an RW
LAYOUTGET at offset 0 of an empty file for 16 TiB does it.

Fail such a count with -ENOSPC before anything is reserved, also on a
filesystem with that much free space, as the transaction cannot take
it. A count that fits is reserved in full, as before, so a hole longer
than the free space still fails before it is allocated.

With pynfs as the client and a 32 GiB XFS, an RW LAYOUTGET at offset 0
of an empty file for 16 TiB shut the filesystem down: "Corruption of
in-memory data (0x8) detected at xfs_trans_mod_sb". With this patch it
gets NFS4ERR_NOSPC and nothing is allocated, as with 100 GiB, and one
for 16 GiB, which fits, is still granted, in three extents.

Fixes: 527851124d10 ("xfs: implement pNFS export operations")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Daejun Park <daejun7.park@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
index 7c6238fed6..1917e49166 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iomap.c
@@ -287,6 +287,13 @@ xfs_iomap_write_direct(

resaligned = xfs_aligned_fsb_count(offset_fsb, count_fsb,
xfs_get_extsz_hint(ip));
+ /*
+ * The transaction takes the block reservation as an unsigned int.
+ * Refuse a count that does not fit rather than reserve too little;
+ * only a pNFS layout for a huge range asks for that much.
+ */
+ if (resaligned > UINT_MAX - XFS_DIOSTRAT_SPACE_RES(mp, 0))
+ return -ENOSPC;
if (unlikely(XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip))) {
dblocks = XFS_DIOSTRAT_SPACE_RES(mp, 0);
rblocks = resaligned;

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2.43.0