Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: avoid stale fi->gdirty_list pointer

[Jaegeuk Kim]

On 10/17, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 2017/10/17 7:06, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> > On 10/16, Chao Yu wrote:
> >> On 2017/10/13 10:14, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> >>> When doing fault injection test, f2fs_evict_inode() didn't remove gdirty_list
> >>> which incurs a kernel panic due to wrong pointer access.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <yuchao0@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> Minor thing, how about reverting judgment condition for readability?
> >>
> >> if (is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_ERROR_FLAG))
> >> 	f2fs_inode_synced()
> > 
> > We don't need to expect such the errored corner case first. ;)
> 
> Alright, making compiler being aware of this by using {un,}likely? :)

Yup, added. ;)

> 
> Thanks,
> 
> > 
> >> else
> >> 	f2fs_bug_on()
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>> ---
> >>>  fs/f2fs/inode.c | 2 ++
> >>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> >>> index f6db9d533ca4..1ae5396c97d6 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> >>> @@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> >>>  
> >>>  	if (!is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_ERROR_FLAG))
> >>>  		f2fs_bug_on(sbi, is_inode_flag_set(inode, FI_DIRTY_INODE));
> >>> +	else
> >>> +		f2fs_inode_synced(inode);
> >>>  
> >>>  	/* ino == 0, if f2fs_new_inode() was failed t*/
> >>>  	if (inode->i_ino)
> >>>
> > 
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