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[13/13] ext4_get_link(): fix breakage in RCU mode

Message ID 20240204021739.1157830-13-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk
State New
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Series [01/13] fs/super.c: don't drop ->s_user_ns until we free struct super_block itself | expand

Commit Message

Al Viro Feb. 4, 2024, 2:17 a.m. UTC 
1) errors from ext4_getblk() should not be propagated to caller
unless we are really sure that we would've gotten the same error
in non-RCU pathwalk.
2) we leak buffer_heads if ext4_getblk() is successful, but bh is
not uptodate.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
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 fs/ext4/symlink.c | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/fs/ext4/symlink.c b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
index 75bf1f88843c..645240cc0229 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/symlink.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/symlink.c
@@ -92,10 +92,12 @@  static const char *ext4_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (!dentry) {
 		bh = ext4_getblk(NULL, inode, 0, EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CACHED_NOWAIT);
-		if (IS_ERR(bh))
-			return ERR_CAST(bh);
-		if (!bh || !ext4_buffer_uptodate(bh))
+		if (IS_ERR(bh) || !bh)
 			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+		if (!ext4_buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+			brelse(bh);
+			return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+		}
 	} else {
 		bh = ext4_bread(NULL, inode, 0, 0);
 		if (IS_ERR(bh))