[PATCH] f2fs: evict: truncate page cache before clear_inode

From: Taerang Kim

Date: Tue Feb 24 2026 - 11:07:11 EST


syzbot reports a BUG_ON(inode->i_data.nrpages) in clear_inode() when
mounting a corrupted f2fs image.

I agree with Dmitry's RFC that dropping page #0 in f2fs_truncate()
can address this reproducer, since f2fs_convert_inline_inode() may
grab page #0 via f2fs_grab_cache_folio() and leave it cached on the
clear_out success path.

However, clear_inode() requires the inode mapping to be empty, and it
is hard to guarantee that the page cache can only be populated from
this truncate/inline-conversion path.
Make f2fs_evict_inode() defensively truncate any remaining page cache
before calling clear_inode(), so nrpages is guaranteed to be 0
regardless of how the cache was populated.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20260206092958.578191-1-dmantipov@xxxxxxxxx/
Reported-by: syzbot+fc026e87558558f75c00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=fc026e87558558f75c00
Signed-off-by: Taerang Kim <kth5965@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/inode.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inode.c b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
index 38b8994bc1b2..5527bd76f62a 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inode.c
@@ -1001,6 +1001,13 @@ void f2fs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
out_clear:
fscrypt_put_encryption_info(inode);
fsverity_cleanup_inode(inode);
+ /*
+ * Defensively truncate any remaining page cache, e.g.
+ * f2fs_convert_inline_inode() called from f2fs_truncate()
+ * may leave page #0 behind in the page cache when the
+ * inline conversion takes the clear_out success path.
+ */
+ truncate_inode_pages_final(&inode->i_data);
clear_inode(inode);
}

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