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Block validity checks need to be skipped in case they are called for journal blocks since they are part of system's protected zone. Currently, this is done by checking inode->ino against sbi->s_es->s_journal_inum, which is a direct read from the ext4 sb buffer head. If someone modifies this underneath us then the s_journal_inum field might get corrupted. To prevent against this, change the check to directly compare the inode with journal->j_inode. **Slight change in behavior**: During journal init path, check_block_validity etc might be called for journal inode when sbi->s_journal is not set yet. In this case we now proceed with ext4_inode_block_valid() instead of returning early. Since systems zones have not been set yet, it is okay to proceed so we can perform basic checks on the blocks. Suggested-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com> Signed-off-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0c06bc9ebfcd6ccfed84a36e79147bf45ff5adc1.1743142920.git.ojaswin@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.