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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] ext4: set csum seed in tmp inode while migrating to extents
On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 05:50:58PM +0000, Luís Henriques wrote:
> When migrating to extents, the temporary inode will have it's own checksum
> seed. This means that, when swapping the inodes data, the inode checksums
> will be incorrect.
>
> This can be fixed by recalculating the extents checksums again. Or simply
> by copying the seed into the temporary inode.
>
> Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=213357
> Reported-by: Jeroen van Wolffelaar <jeroen@wolffelaar.nl>
> Signed-off-by: Luís Henriques <lhenriques@suse.de>
> ---
> fs/ext4/migrate.c | 12 +++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> changes since v1:
>
> * Dropped tmp_ei variable
> * ->i_csum_seed is now initialised immediately after tmp_inode is created
> * New comment about the seed initialization and stating that recovery
> needs to be fixed.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Luís
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> index 7e0b4f81c6c0..36dfc88ce05b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
> @@ -459,6 +459,17 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
> ext4_journal_stop(handle);
> goto out_unlock;
> }
> + /*
> + * Use the correct seed for checksum (i.e. the seed from 'inode'). This
> + * is so that the metadata blocks will have the correct checksum after
> + * the migration.
> + *
> + * Note however that, if a crash occurs during the migration process,
> + * the recovery process is broken because the tmp_inode checksums will
> + * be wrong and the orphans cleanup will fail.

...and then what does the user do?

--D

> + */
> + ei = EXT4_I(inode);
> + EXT4_I(tmp_inode)->i_csum_seed = ei->i_csum_seed;
> i_size_write(tmp_inode, i_size_read(inode));
> /*
> * Set the i_nlink to zero so it will be deleted later
> @@ -502,7 +513,6 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
> goto out_tmp_inode;
> }
>
> - ei = EXT4_I(inode);
> i_data = ei->i_data;
> memset(&lb, 0, sizeof(lb));
>

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