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fs/ceph/addr: fix crash after fscrypt_encrypt_pagecache_blocks() error

PATCH In review Max Kellermann 2 participants 2 messages Aug 28, 2025 – Sep 8, 2025

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PATCH 1/1 fs/ceph/addr: fix crash after fscrypt_encrypt_pagecache_blocks() error

The function move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() was created by commit ce80b76dd327 ("ceph: introduce ceph_process_folio_batch() method") by moving code from ceph_writepages_start() to this function.

This new function is supposed to return an error code which is checked by the caller (now ceph_process_folio_batch()), and on error, the caller invokes redirty_page_for_writepage() and then breaks from the loop.

However, the refactoring commit has gone wrong, and it by accident, it always returns 0 (= success) because it first NULLs the pointer and then returns PTR_ERR(NULL) which is always 0. This means errors are silently ignored, leaving NULL entries in the page array, which may later crash the kernel.

The simple solution is to call PTR_ERR() before clearing the pointer.

Fixes ce80b76dd327 ("ceph: introduce ceph_process_folio_batch() method")
---
 fs/ceph/addr.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
fs/ceph/addr.c +4 -2
index 8b202d789e93..e3e0d477f3f7 100644
@@ -1264,7 +1264,9 @@ static inline int move_dirty_folio_in_page_array(struct address_space *mapping,
 								0,
 								gfp_flags);
 		if (IS_ERR(pages[index])) {
-			if (PTR_ERR(pages[index]) == -EINVAL) {
+			int err = PTR_ERR(pages[index]);
+
+			if (err == -EINVAL) {
 				pr_err_client(cl, "inode->i_blkbits=%hhu\n",
 						inode->i_blkbits);
 			}
@@ -1273,7 +1275,7 @@ static inline int move_dirty_folio_in_page_array(struct address_space *mapping,
 			BUG_ON(ceph_wbc->locked_pages == 0);
 
 			pages[index] = NULL;
-			return PTR_ERR(pages[index]);
+			return err;
 		}
 	} else {
 		pages[index] = &folio->page;
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Quoted 51 lines · Max Kellermann

The function move_dirty_folio_in_page_array() was created by commit ce80b76dd327 ("ceph: introduce ceph_process_folio_batch() method") by moving code from ceph_writepages_start() to this function.

This new function is supposed to return an error code which is checked by the caller (now ceph_process_folio_batch()), and on error, the caller invokes redirty_page_for_writepage() and then breaks from the loop.

However, the refactoring commit has gone wrong, and it by accident, it always returns 0 (= success) because it first NULLs the pointer and then returns PTR_ERR(NULL) which is always 0. This means errors are silently ignored, leaving NULL entries in the page array, which may later crash the kernel.

The simple solution is to call PTR_ERR() before clearing the pointer.

Fixes ce80b76dd327 ("ceph: introduce ceph_process_folio_batch() method")
---
 fs/ceph/addr.c | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
fs/ceph/addr.c +4 -3
index 8b202d789e93..e3e0d477f3f7 100644
@@ -1264,7 +1264,9 @@ static inline int move_dirty_folio_in_page_array(struct address_space *mapping,
                                                                0,
                                                                gfp_flags);
                if (IS_ERR(pages[index])) {
-                       if (PTR_ERR(pages[index]) == -EINVAL) {
+                       int err = PTR_ERR(pages[index]);
+
+                       if (err == -EINVAL) {
                                pr_err_client(cl, "inode->i_blkbits=%hhu\n",
                                                inode->i_blkbits);
                        }
@@ -1273,7 +1275,7 @@ static inline int move_dirty_folio_in_page_array(struct address_space *mapping,
                        BUG_ON(ceph_wbc->locked_pages == 0);
 
                        pages[index] = NULL;
-                       return PTR_ERR(pages[index]);
+                       return err;
                }
        } else {
                pages[index] = &folio->page;
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Quoted 2 lines

2.47.2

Queued up for 6.17-rc6.

Thanks,

Ilya