[PATCH] xfs: restore nofs context unconditionally in xfs_trans_roll
From: Yun Zhou
Date: Sun Jul 12 2026 - 23:55:29 EST
When __xfs_trans_commit() fails in xfs_trans_roll(), the NOFS context
is cleared but only restored in the success path. This leaves the
error path without nofs protection, causing a circular lock dependency
between xfs_nondir_ilock_class and fs_reclaim:
CPU0 CPU1
---- ----
lock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
lock(fs_reclaim);
lock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
lock(fs_reclaim);
Fix this by moving xfs_trans_set_context() before the error check so
that nofs context is always restored on the new transaction.
Reported-by: syzbot+59178abfeb0ea3f0ab20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=59178abfeb0ea3f0ab20
Fixes: a1ca658d649a ("xfs: fix incorrect context handling in xfs_trans_roll")
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c | 16 +++++++++-------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 7bfbd9f6f0df..1b36cf12d4e3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,15 @@ xfs_trans_roll(
* duplicate transaction that gets returned.
*/
error = __xfs_trans_commit(tp, true);
+
+ tp = *tpp;
+ /*
+ * __xfs_trans_commit cleared the NOFS flag by calling into
+ * xfs_trans_free. Set it again here before doing memory
+ * allocations.
+ */
+ xfs_trans_set_context(tp);
+
if (error)
return error;
@@ -1040,13 +1049,6 @@ xfs_trans_roll(
* either nothing be locked across this call, or that anything that is
* locked be logged in the prior and the next transactions.
*/
- tp = *tpp;
- /*
- * __xfs_trans_commit cleared the NOFS flag by calling into
- * xfs_trans_free. Set it again here before doing memory
- * allocations.
- */
- xfs_trans_set_context(tp);
error = xfs_log_regrant(tp->t_mountp, tp->t_ticket);
if (error)
return error;
--
2.43.0