ext4: Do not iput inode under running transaction

When ext4_mkdir(), ext4_symlink(), ext4_create(), or ext4_mknod() fail
to add entry into directory, it ends up dropping freshly created inode
under the running transaction and thus inode truncation happens under
that transaction. That breaks assumptions that evict() does not get
called from a transaction context and at least in ext4_symlink() case it
can result in inode eviction deadlocking in inode_wait_for_writeback()
when flush worker finds symlink inode, starts to write it back and
blocks on starting a transaction. So change the code in ext4_mkdir() and
ext4_add_nondir() to drop inode reference only after the transaction is
stopped. We also have to add inode to the orphan list in that case as
otherwise the inode would get leaked in case we crash before inode
deletion is committed.

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191105164437.32602-5-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 97cf1c8b56b2..a67cae3c8ff5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2547,21 +2547,29 @@ static void ext4_dec_count(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * Add non-directory inode to a directory. On success, the inode reference is
+ * consumed by dentry is instantiation. This is also indicated by clearing of
+ * *inodep pointer. On failure, the caller is responsible for dropping the
+ * inode reference in the safe context.
+ */
 static int ext4_add_nondir(handle_t *handle,
-		struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode)
+		struct dentry *dentry, struct inode **inodep)
 {
 	struct inode *dir = d_inode(dentry->d_parent);
+	struct inode *inode = *inodep;
 	int err = ext4_add_entry(handle, dentry, inode);
 	if (!err) {
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
 		if (IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
 			ext4_handle_sync(handle);
 		d_instantiate_new(dentry, inode);
+		*inodep = NULL;
 		return 0;
 	}
 	drop_nlink(inode);
+	ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 	unlock_new_inode(inode);
-	iput(inode);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -2595,10 +2603,12 @@ retry:
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_file_inode_operations;
 		inode->i_fop = &ext4_file_operations;
 		ext4_set_aops(inode);
-		err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+		err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, &inode);
 	}
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode))
+		iput(inode);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 	return err;
@@ -2625,10 +2635,12 @@ retry:
 	if (!IS_ERR(inode)) {
 		init_special_inode(inode, inode->i_mode, rdev);
 		inode->i_op = &ext4_special_inode_operations;
-		err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+		err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, &inode);
 	}
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode))
+		iput(inode);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 	return err;
@@ -2778,10 +2790,12 @@ retry:
 	if (err) {
 out_clear_inode:
 		clear_nlink(inode);
+		ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
 		unlock_new_inode(inode);
 		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
+		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		iput(inode);
-		goto out_stop;
+		goto out_retry;
 	}
 	ext4_inc_count(handle, dir);
 	ext4_update_dx_flag(dir);
@@ -2795,6 +2809,7 @@ out_clear_inode:
 out_stop:
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+out_retry:
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(dir->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry;
 	return err;
@@ -3327,9 +3342,11 @@ static int ext4_symlink(struct inode *dir,
 		inode->i_size = disk_link.len - 1;
 	}
 	EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
-	err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, inode);
+	err = ext4_add_nondir(handle, dentry, &inode);
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	if (inode)
+		iput(inode);
 	goto out_free_encrypted_link;
 
 err_drop_inode: