Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: fix error handling on device alias check in rename and unlink

From: Jaegeuk Kim

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 20:12:29 EST


On 08/22, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 8/21/26 23:26, Jaegeuk Kim via Linux-f2fs-devel wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Jaegeuk, if we don't plan to merge them, we'd better keep the Fixes and stable
> line, otherwise, once the two patches be upstreamed, we may missed to backport
> the fix one due to the missing lines?

My concern is the never existing hash in upstream. And, I don't think this will
go into any LTS.

>
> Thanks,
>
> >
> > > 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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