2023-12-01 14:47:42

by Theodore Ts'o

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Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: prevent the normalized size from exceeding EXT_MAX_BLOCKS


On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:33:13 +0800, Baokun Li wrote:
> For files with logical blocks close to EXT_MAX_BLOCKS, the file size
> predicted in ext4_mb_normalize_request() may exceed EXT_MAX_BLOCKS.
> This can cause some blocks to be preallocated that will not be used.
> And after [Fixes], the following issue may be triggered:
>
> =========================================================
> kernel BUG at fs/ext4/mballoc.c:4653!
> Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
> CPU: 1 PID: 2357 Comm: xfs_io 6.7.0-rc2-00195-g0f5cc96c367f
> Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
> pc : ext4_mb_use_inode_pa+0x148/0x208
> lr : ext4_mb_use_inode_pa+0x98/0x208
> Call trace:
> ext4_mb_use_inode_pa+0x148/0x208
> ext4_mb_new_inode_pa+0x240/0x4a8
> ext4_mb_use_best_found+0x1d4/0x208
> ext4_mb_try_best_found+0xc8/0x110
> ext4_mb_regular_allocator+0x11c/0xf48
> ext4_mb_new_blocks+0x790/0xaa8
> ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x7cc/0xd20
> ext4_map_blocks+0x170/0x600
> ext4_iomap_begin+0x1c0/0x348
> =========================================================
>
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: prevent the normalized size from exceeding EXT_MAX_BLOCKS
commit: 2dcf5fde6dffb312a4bfb8ef940cea2d1f402e32

Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]>