[PATCH v2 2/2] xfs: restore nofs context unconditionally in xfs_trans_roll
From: Yun Zhou
Date: Sun Jul 19 2026 - 05:58:49 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 transferring the nofs context from the old transaction to
the new one in xfs_trans_dup() via memalloc_flags_move(), so it remains
active throughout the entire roll sequence regardless of commit success
or failure.
Reported-by: syzbot+59178abfeb0ea3f0ab20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=59178abfeb0ea3f0ab20
Fixes: a1ca658d649a ("xfs: fix incorrect context handling in xfs_trans_roll")
Suggested-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c | 9 +++------
fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 7bfbd9f6f0df..89818c67b64f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ xfs_trans_dup(
/* move deferred ops over to the new tp */
xfs_defer_move(ntp, tp);
+ /* move the nofs context to the new transaction */
+ ntp->t_pflags = memalloc_flags_move(&tp->t_pflags);
+
xfs_trans_dup_dqinfo(tp, ntp);
return ntp;
}
@@ -1041,12 +1044,6 @@ xfs_trans_roll(
* 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;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
index eb83c5dac032..fd792584275a 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.h
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ typedef struct xfs_trans {
struct list_head t_items; /* log item descriptors */
struct list_head t_busy; /* list of busy extents */
struct list_head t_dfops; /* deferred operations */
- unsigned long t_pflags; /* saved process flags state */
+ unsigned int t_pflags; /* saved process flags state */
} xfs_trans_t;
/*
--
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