Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND] f2fs: add check for deleted inode

From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Tue Feb 11 2025 - 22:24:36 EST


On 02/11, Chao Yu wrote:
> From: Leo Stone <leocstone@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> The syzbot reproducer mounts a f2fs image, then tries to unlink an
> existing file. However, the unlinked file already has a link count of 0
> when it is read for the first time in do_read_inode().
>
> Add a check to sanity_check_inode() for i_nlink == 0.
>
> [Chao Yu: rebase the code]
> Reported-by: syzbot+b01a36acd7007e273a83@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b01a36acd7007e273a83
> Fixes: 39a53e0ce0df ("f2fs: add superblock and major in-memory structure")
> Signed-off-by: Leo Stone <leocstone@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> - no logic change, just rebase the code to last dev-test branch
> fs/f2fs/inode.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> index d6ad7810df69..543fb942bec1 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
> @@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ static bool sanity_check_inode(struct inode *inode, struct page *node_page)
> }
> }
>
> + if (inode->i_nlink == 0) {
> + f2fs_warn(sbi, "%s: inode (ino=%lx) has a link count of 0",
> + __func__, inode->i_ino);
> + return false;
> + }

This gives a wrong EFSCORRUPTED when recoverying orphan inodes.

f2fs_recover_orphan_inodes
-> f2fs_iget_retry
-> orphan inode can have i_nlink = 0.

> +
> return true;
> }
>
> --
> 2.48.1.502.g6dc24dfdaf-goog