Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix error handling on device alias check in rename and unlink
From: Jaegeuk Kim
Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 11:26:16 EST
On 08/21, Daeho Jeong wrote:
> From: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> In f2fs_rename() and f2fs_unlink(), directly returning -EPERM when
> encountering a device aliasing file bypasses the cleanup path.
>
> Fix this by setting err to -EPERM and jumping to the proper cleanup
> labels (out_dir and out) instead of returning immediately.
>
> Fixes: a737e409a3d6 ("f2fs: support dynamic reserve/release for device aliasing")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
Applied without Fixes and stable, since the original patch has not been
upstreamed.
> Reported-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong <daehojeong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/f2fs/namei.c | 12 ++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> index 784f636244e1..b9b15c5d28de 100644
> --- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
> @@ -571,8 +571,10 @@ static int f2fs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
>
> trace_f2fs_unlink_enter(dir, dentry);
>
> - if (IS_DEVICE_ALIASING(inode))
> - return -EPERM;
> + if (IS_DEVICE_ALIASING(inode)) {
> + err = -EPERM;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> if (unlikely(f2fs_cp_error(sbi))) {
> err = -EIO;
> @@ -1025,8 +1027,10 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir,
> }
>
> if (new_inode) {
> - if (IS_DEVICE_ALIASING(new_inode))
> - return -EPERM;
> + if (IS_DEVICE_ALIASING(new_inode)) {
> + err = -EPERM;
> + goto out_dir;
> + }
>
> err = -ENOTEMPTY;
> if (old_is_dir && !f2fs_empty_dir(new_inode))
> --
> 2.55.0.766.g2966f0265a-goog
>
>
>
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