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From: Kelvin Zhang <zhangxp1998@gmail.com>
To: linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Cc: jaegeuk@kernel.org, chao@kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] f2fs: avoid underflow when counting free NIDs
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 18:21:01 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260901012101.242104-1-zhangxp1998@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9134210e-8ce6-4b74-bc25-af024aabeb75@kernel.org>

__count_free_nids() subtracts the retention threshold before checking
whether the cached count exceeds it. The operands are unsigned, so a
smaller cache wraps before the result is assigned to long.

The PAGE_SIZE-derived threshold happens to make this an unsigned long
subtraction, whose wrapped result becomes negative when converted to
long by supported toolchains. Do not rely on operand width or
unsigned-to-signed conversion. Compare values before subtracting.

Fixes: 1b38dc8e74a3 ("f2fs: shrink nat_cache entries")
Fixes: 02110a4fd531 ("f2fs: avoid casted negative value as shrink count")
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kelvin Zhang <zhangxp1998@gmail.com>
---
Changes since v1:
- add the Fixes and stable Cc trailers suggested by Chao
- carry Chao's Reviewed-by
- resend as a standalone patch through direct SMTP because the v1 list copy
  was corrupted by mail transport line wrapping

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/CAH=xXfG2Hzc-kNAPqEUsTJ4hwrQ-gYEnFrXHGxL7qpYpggkLUQ@mail.gmail.com/
---
 fs/f2fs/shrinker.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/shrinker.c b/fs/f2fs/shrinker.c
index 4f6bf5926de4..1fd0ee4f89a9 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/shrinker.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/shrinker.c
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ static unsigned long __count_nat_entries(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 
 static unsigned long __count_free_nids(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 {
-	long count = NM_I(sbi)->nid_cnt[FREE_NID] - MAX_FREE_NIDS;
+	unsigned long count = NM_I(sbi)->nid_cnt[FREE_NID];
+	unsigned long max = MAX_FREE_NIDS;
 
-	return count > 0 ? count : 0;
+	return count > max ? count - max : 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned long __count_extent_cache(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi,

base-commit: c966d29e01bbf829f8bb4a39a49811c56cdb49c3
-- 
2.53.0

  reply	other threads:[~2026-09-01  1:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-26 21:39 [PATCH 0/5] f2fs: prepare metadata layouts for runtime block sizes Xinping Zhang
2026-08-26 21:39 ` [PATCH 1/5] f2fs: avoid underflow when counting free NIDs Xinping Zhang
2026-08-27  3:39   ` Chao Yu
2026-08-31 23:22   ` Chao Yu
2026-09-01  1:21     ` Kelvin Zhang [this message]
2026-08-26 21:39 ` [PATCH 2/5] f2fs: describe SIT block layout dynamically Xinping Zhang
2026-08-26 21:39 ` [PATCH 3/5] f2fs: describe orphan " Xinping Zhang
2026-08-26 21:39 ` [PATCH 4/5] f2fs: describe dentry " Xinping Zhang
2026-08-26 21:39 ` [PATCH 5/5] f2fs: describe inode node " Xinping Zhang

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