From: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Heming Zhao <heming.zhao@suse.com>,
Li Zetao <lizetao1@huawei.com>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ocfs2: free replay slots in ocfs2_recovery_exit()
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:19:49 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5994ae88-8e0e-4bf4-a543-2b5201848138@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260828100114.530941-1-joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
On 8/28/26 6:01 PM, Joseph Qi wrote:
> Commit ce2fcf1516d6 ("ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume()")
> added ocfs2_free_replay_slots() calls to the mount error paths
> out_dismount and out_check_volume to fix a leak of osb->replay_map.
> However these calls are unlocked while the bail path of the recovery
> thread, which is woken up by out_dismount right before the call, also
> frees the replay slots under osb->recovery_lock. Both sides can thus
> observe a non-NULL osb->replay_map and trigger a double free.
>
> Fix this by moving ocfs2_free_replay_slots() into ocfs2_recovery_exit()
> after ocfs2_recovery_disable(), which waits for a running recovery
> thread to exit under osb->recovery_lock, and drop the unlocked call
> sites. Both ocfs2_dismount_volume() and the out_super path of
> ocfs2_fill_super() call ocfs2_recovery_exit(), so the replay slots are
> freed on every path. Since super.c no longer references it, make
> ocfs2_free_replay_slots() static again.
>
Sashiko has review comments:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260828100114.530941-1-joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com?part=1
This is because it is base on patch:
"ocfs2: exit recovery thread on mount error path"
I'll resend them as a series.
Thanks,
Joseph
> Fixes: ce2fcf1516d6 ("ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume()")
> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> fs/ocfs2/journal.c | 3 ++-
> fs/ocfs2/journal.h | 1 -
> fs/ocfs2/super.c | 5 +----
> 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
> index d8afbc1a76bb..a3938a03e93b 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.c
> @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void ocfs2_queue_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
> replay_map->rm_state = REPLAY_DONE;
> }
>
> -void ocfs2_free_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
> +static void ocfs2_free_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
> {
> struct ocfs2_replay_map *replay_map = osb->replay_map;
>
> @@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
> /* XXX: Should we bug if there are dirty entries? */
>
> kfree(rm);
> + ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb);
> }
>
> static int __ocfs2_recovery_map_test(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
> index f8b3b2a3d630..19fc920d26b1 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/journal.h
> @@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ void ocfs2_recovery_exit(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
> void ocfs2_recovery_disable_quota(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
>
> int ocfs2_compute_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
> -void ocfs2_free_replay_slots(struct ocfs2_super *osb);
> /*
> * Journal Control:
> * Initialize, Load, Shutdown, Wipe a journal.
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/super.c b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
> index f785c39d1fb8..6a8092b65bb5 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/super.c
> @@ -1162,7 +1162,6 @@ static int ocfs2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
> out_dismount:
> atomic_set(&osb->vol_state, VOLUME_DISABLED);
> wake_up(&osb->osb_mount_event);
> - ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb);
> ocfs2_dismount_volume(sb, 1);
> goto out;
>
> @@ -1776,14 +1775,12 @@ static int ocfs2_mount_volume(struct super_block *sb)
> status = ocfs2_truncate_log_init(osb);
> if (status < 0) {
> mlog_errno(status);
> - goto out_check_volume;
> + goto out_system_inodes;
> }
>
> ocfs2_super_unlock(osb, 1);
> return 0;
>
> -out_check_volume:
> - ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb);
> out_system_inodes:
> if (osb->local_alloc_state == OCFS2_LA_ENABLED)
> ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc(osb);
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