[PATCH] xfs: mark i_mode=0 and shut down on attr fork inactivation failure

[Ravi Singh]

xfs_attr_inactive() can fail on an I/O error reading the attribute
fork's btree blocks, for example from fault injection such as the
dm-flakey errors used by xfstests generic/475. On failure,
xfs_ifork_zap_attr() zeros af_nextents without freeing the attribute
blocks or decrementing i_nblocks, leaving the inode in an
inconsistent in-memory state.

The inode is marked XFS_IRECLAIMABLE and remains in the cache. If a
concurrent operation (e.g., XFS_IOC_FSBULKSTAT) calls xfs_iget() on
this inode, xfs_iget_check_free_state() will allow recycling if
i_mode != 0. The recycled inode reuses the stale in-memory state
(af_nextents=0, i_nblocks=1).

When the recycled inode is queued for inactivation again,
xfs_attr_inactive() sees af_nextents=0 and skips truncation, leaving
i_nblocks non-zero. This triggers the assertion in xfs_ifree():

  XFS: Assertion failed: ip->i_nblocks == 0

Clear i_mode so the stale inode cannot be recycled, and force a
shutdown so log recovery frees the still-unlinked inode on the next
mount.

Suggested-by: Dave Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ravi Singh <ravising@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
index 05a14da28..fceedb699 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode.c
@@ -1481,8 +1481,17 @@ xfs_inactive(
 	 */
 	if (xfs_inode_has_attr_fork(ip)) {
 		error = xfs_attr_inactive(ip);
-		if (error)
+		if (error) {
+			/*
+			 * Attr teardown failed, leaking blocks with no in-core
+			 * record. Clear i_mode to block xfs_iget() recycling,
+			 * then shut down so recovery cleans up the inode.
+			 */
+			VFS_I(ip)->i_mode = 0;
+			if (!xfs_is_shutdown(mp))
+				xfs_force_shutdown(mp, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
 			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	ASSERT(ip->i_forkoff == 0);
-- 
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