[PATCH] nilfs2: fix infinite loop in nilfs_clean_segments()

[Joshua Crofts]

syzbot reported a hung task in nilfs_transaction_begin(). This occurs
because the cleaner ioctl falls into an infinite loop if
nilfs_segctor_construct() repeatedly returns -EROFS (e.g. the device
is remounted as read-only after an I/O error).

Currently in nilfs_clean_segments(), if err is non-zero, it logs the
error and sleeps but doesn't abort when it encounters a terminal error
like -EROFS. This causes the thread to loop forever.

Fix this by breaking out of the loop if nilfs_segctor_construct()
returns -EROFS. This matches the behaviour in
nilfs_segctor_write_out(), which also handles -EROFS.

Reported-by: syzbot+cae54346a70bbceeff2c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=cae54346a70bbceeff2c
Fixes: 9ff05123e3bf ("nilfs2: segment constructor")
Assisted-by: gemini:gemini-3.1-pro
Signed-off-by: Joshua Crofts <joshua.crofts1@xxxxxxxxx>
---
As much as I've tried, syzbot is unable to test this and always fails
with "FATAL: Kernel too old". Nevertheless, I've tested the patch with
the same reproducer in QEMU and the system didn't hang.
---
 fs/nilfs2/segment.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index 9332f5ac6..91d3bb314 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -2561,6 +2561,9 @@ int nilfs_clean_segments(struct super_block *sb, struct nilfs_argv *argv,
 			break;
 
 		nilfs_warn(sb, "error %d cleaning segments", err);
+		if (unlikely(err == -EROFS))
+			break;
+
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		schedule_timeout(sci->sc_interval);
 	}
-- 
2.47.3