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Zhang Yi 328a782cb1 ext4: wait for ongoing I/O to complete before freeing blocks
When freeing metadata blocks in nojournal mode, ext4_forget() calls
bforget() to clear the dirty flag on the buffer_head and remvoe
associated mappings. This is acceptable if the metadata has not yet
begun to be written back. However, if the write-back has already started
but is not yet completed, ext4_forget() will have no effect.
Subsequently, ext4_mb_clear_bb() will immediately return the block to
the mb allocator. This block can then be reallocated immediately,
potentially causing an data corruption issue.

Fix this by clearing the buffer's dirty flag and waiting for the ongoing
I/O to complete, ensuring that no further writes to stale data will
occur.

Fixes: 16e08b14a4 ("ext4: cleanup clean_bdev_aliases() calls")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reported-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/a9417096-9549-4441-9878-b1955b899b4e@huaweicloud.com/
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Message-ID: <20250916093337.3161016-3-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
2025-10-10 13:34:35 -04:00
arch - Convert the SSB mitigation to the attack vector controls which got forgotten 2025-08-31 09:20:17 -07:00
block block: validate QoS before calling __rq_qos_done_bio() 2025-08-26 10:34:08 -06:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto Significant patch series in this pull request: 2025-08-03 16:23:09 -07:00
Documentation - Convert the SSB mitigation to the attack vector controls which got forgotten 2025-08-31 09:20:17 -07:00
drivers - Remove unnecessary and noisy WARN_ONs in gic-v5's init path 2025-08-31 09:07:37 -07:00
fs ext4: wait for ongoing I/O to complete before freeing blocks 2025-10-10 13:34:35 -04:00
include ext4: implemet new ioctls to set and get superblock parameters 2025-09-26 08:36:08 -04:00
init hardening: Require clang 20.1.0 for __counted_by 2025-08-29 12:04:53 -07:00
io_uring io_uring/kbuf: always use READ_ONCE() to read ring provided buffer lengths 2025-08-28 05:48:34 -06:00
ipc vfs-6.17-rc1.mmap_prepare 2025-07-28 13:43:25 -07:00
kernel - Fix a stall on the CPU offline path due to mis-counting a deadline server 2025-08-31 09:13:00 -07:00
lib hardening fixes for v6.17-rc4 2025-08-31 08:56:45 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Replace the obsolete address of the FSF in the GFDL-1.2 2025-07-24 11:15:39 +02:00
mm memblock fixes for v6.17-rc4 2025-08-28 15:46:06 -07:00
net net: ipv4: fix regression in local-broadcast routes 2025-08-28 10:52:30 +02:00
rust Driver core fixes for 6.16-rc3 2025-08-23 09:04:32 -04:00
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scripts Kbuild updates for v6.17 2025-08-06 07:32:52 +03:00
security + Features 2025-08-04 08:17:28 -07:00
sound ALSA: usb-audio: Use correct sub-type for UAC3 feature unit validation 2025-08-21 17:10:14 +02:00
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usr usr/include: openrisc: don't HDRTEST bpf_perf_event.h 2025-05-12 15:03:17 +09:00
virt Merge tag 'kvm-x86-no_assignment-6.17' of https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux into HEAD 2025-07-29 08:36:42 -04:00
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COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS MAINTAINERS: retire Boris from TLS maintainers 2025-08-26 17:36:01 -07:00
Kbuild drm: ensure drm headers are self-contained and pass kernel-doc 2025-02-12 10:44:43 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS gpio fixes for v6.17-rc4 2025-08-31 08:49:55 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.17-rc4 2025-08-31 15:33:07 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.