Re: [PATCH] ext4: WARN if a full dir leaf block has only one dentry

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Oct 08 2024 - 09:25:02 EST


On Tue 08-10-24 20:11:52, libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The maximum length of a filename is 255 and the minimum block size is 1024,
> so it is always guaranteed that the number of entries is greater than or
> equal to 2 when do_split() is called. So unless ext4_dx_add_entry() and
> make_indexed_dir() or some other functions are buggy, 'split == 0' will
> not occur.
>
> Setting 'continued' to 0 in this case masks the problem that the file
> system has become corrupted, even though it prevents possible out-of-bounds
> access. Hence WARN_ON_ONCE() is used to check if 'split' is 0, and if it is
> then warns and returns an error to abort split.
>
> Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240823160518.GA424729@xxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> fs/ext4/namei.c | 14 ++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 790db7eac6c2..08d15cd2b594 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -2000,8 +2000,17 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
> else
> split = count/2;
>
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(split == 0)) {
> + /* Should never happen, but avoid out-of-bounds access below */
> + ext4_error_inode_block(dir, (*bh)->b_blocknr, 0,
> + "bad indexed directory? hash=%08x:%08x count=%d move=%u",
> + hinfo->hash, hinfo->minor_hash, count, move);
> + err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> hash2 = map[split].hash;
> - continued = split > 0 ? hash2 == map[split - 1].hash : 0;
> + continued = hash2 == map[split - 1].hash;
> dxtrace(printk(KERN_INFO "Split block %lu at %x, %i/%i\n",
> (unsigned long)dx_get_block(frame->at),
> hash2, split, count-split));
> @@ -2043,10 +2052,11 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
> return de;
>
> journal_error:
> + ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
> +out:
> brelse(*bh);
> brelse(bh2);
> *bh = NULL;
> - ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
> return ERR_PTR(err);
> }
>
> --
> 2.46.1
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR