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The EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE and EXT4_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS currently invokes ext4_ext_precache() to preload the extent cache without holding the inode's i_rwsem. This can result in stale extent cache entries when competing with operations such as ext4_collapse_range() which calls ext4_ext_remove_space() or ext4_ext_shift_extents(). The problem arises when ext4_ext_remove_space() temporarily releases i_data_sem due to insufficient journal credits. During this interval, a concurrent EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE or EXT4_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS may cache extent entries that are about to be deleted. As a result, these cached entries become stale and inconsistent with the actual extents. Loading the extents cache without holding the inode's i_rwsem or the mapping's invalidate_lock is not permitted besides during the writeback. Fix this by holding the i_rwsem during EXT4_IOC_GET_ES_CACHE and EXT4_IOC_PRECACHE_EXTENTS. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250423085257.122685-6-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.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.