From: syzbot <syzbot+293a57918b36cfae3d48@syzkaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@googlegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: make ext4_write_inline_data_end() handle file conversion gracefully
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:53:41 -0700 [thread overview]
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Subject: [PATCH] ext4: make ext4_write_inline_data_end() handle file conversion gracefully
Author: kartikey406@gmail.com
#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm64/linux.git for-kernelci
Replace BUG_ON(!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) with a defensive check in
ext4_write_inline_data_end(). A file can be converted from inline to block
storage by concurrent paths while a write completion is in flight.
When this race occurs, the write completion handler should gracefully fall
back to block_write_end() instead of crashing. The data in the folio can
still be written to block storage via the fallback path.
This handles all inline-to-block conversion races regardless of which lock
protects the conversion (i_data_sem, xattr_sem, etc.).
Reported-by: syzbot+293a57918b36cfae3d48@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=293a57918b36cfae3d48
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@gmail.com>
---
fs/ext4/inline.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 8045e4ff270c..04b9cd01fd7b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -812,7 +812,11 @@ int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
goto out;
}
ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
- BUG_ON(!ext4_has_inline_data(inode));
+ /* File may have been converted to block storage by concurrent path */
+ if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
+ ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
+ return block_write_end(pos, len, copied, folio);
+ }
/*
* ei->i_inline_off may have changed since
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-17 10:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-16 7:50 [syzbot] [ext4?] kernel BUG in ext4_write_inline_data_end (3) syzbot
2026-07-17 0:08 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: fix race condition in ext4_write_end() with inline data conversion syzbot
2026-07-17 9:15 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: fix race in ext4_write_inline_data_end() by making it defensive syzbot
2026-07-17 10:53 ` syzbot [this message]
2026-07-17 13:41 ` Forwarded: [PATCH] ext4: handle inline-to-block file conversion race with error return syzbot
2026-07-18 2:05 ` syzbot
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