Patch "ext4: fix deadlock between inline_data and ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea()" has been added to the 4.9-stable tree

@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ out:
 static int ext4_prepare_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 				    unsigned int len)
 {
-	int ret, size;
+	int ret, size, no_expand;
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 
 	if (!ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA))

@@ -386,15 +386,14 @@ static int ext4_prepare_inline_data(hand
 	if (size < len)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 
 	if (ei->i_inline_off)
 		ret = ext4_update_inline_data(handle, inode, len);
 	else
 		ret = ext4_create_inline_data(handle, inode, len);
 
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	return ret;
 }
 

@@ -523,7 +522,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_to_e
 					      struct inode *inode,
 					      unsigned flags)
 {
-	int ret, needed_blocks;
+	int ret, needed_blocks, no_expand;
 	handle_t *handle = NULL;
 	int retries = 0, sem_held = 0;
 	struct page *page = NULL;

@@ -563,7 +562,7 @@ retry:
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	sem_held = 1;
 	/* If some one has already done this for us, just exit. */
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {

@@ -600,7 +599,7 @@ retry:
 		put_page(page);
 		page = NULL;
 		ext4_orphan_add(handle, inode);
-		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+		ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 		sem_held = 0;
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		handle = NULL;

@@ -626,7 +625,7 @@ out:
 		put_page(page);
 	}
 	if (sem_held)
-		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+		ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	if (handle)
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);

@@ -719,7 +718,7 @@ convert:
 int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
 			       unsigned copied, struct page *page)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, no_expand;
 	void *kaddr;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 

@@ -737,7 +736,7 @@ int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct in
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	BUG_ON(!ext4_has_inline_data(inode));
 
 	kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);

@@ -747,7 +746,7 @@ int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct in
 	/* clear page dirty so that writepages wouldn't work for us. */
 	ClearPageDirty(page);
 
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 out:
 	return copied;

@@ -758,7 +757,7 @@ ext4_journalled_write_inline_data(struct
 				  unsigned len,
 				  struct page *page)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, no_expand;
 	void *kaddr;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 

@@ -768,11 +767,11 @@ ext4_journalled_write_inline_data(struct
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
 	ext4_write_inline_data(inode, &iloc, kaddr, 0, len);
 	kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 
 	return iloc.bh;
 }

@@ -1249,7 +1248,7 @@ out:
 int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 			      struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	int ret, inline_size;
+	int ret, inline_size, no_expand;
 	void *inline_start;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 

@@ -1257,7 +1256,7 @@ int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(dir, &no_expand);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(dir))
 		goto out;
 

@@ -1303,7 +1302,7 @@ int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *
 
 out:
 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(dir, &no_expand);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 	return ret;
 }

@@ -1663,7 +1662,7 @@ int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *h
 			     struct buffer_head *bh,
 			     int *has_inline_data)
 {
-	int err, inline_size;
+	int err, inline_size, no_expand;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 	void *inline_start;
 

@@ -1671,7 +1670,7 @@ int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *h
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(dir, &no_expand);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(dir)) {
 		*has_inline_data = 0;
 		goto out;

@@ -1705,7 +1704,7 @@ int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *h
 
 	ext4_show_inline_dir(dir, iloc.bh, inline_start, inline_size);
 out:
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(dir)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(dir, &no_expand);
 	brelse(iloc.bh);
 	if (err != -ENOENT)
 		ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);

@@ -1804,11 +1803,11 @@ out:
 
 int ext4_destroy_inline_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret, no_expand;
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	ret = ext4_destroy_inline_data_nolock(handle, inode);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 
 	return ret;
 }

@@ -1893,7 +1892,7 @@ out:
 void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct inode *inode, int *has_inline)
 {
 	handle_t *handle;
-	int inline_size, value_len, needed_blocks;
+	int inline_size, value_len, needed_blocks, no_expand;
 	size_t i_size;
 	void *value = NULL;
 	struct ext4_xattr_ibody_find is = {

@@ -1910,7 +1909,7 @@ void ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct in
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return;
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
 		*has_inline = 0;
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);

@@ -1968,7 +1967,7 @@ out_error:
 	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 out:
 	brelse(is.iloc.bh);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	kfree(value);
 	if (inode->i_nlink)
 		ext4_orphan_del(handle, inode);

@@ -1984,7 +1983,7 @@ out:
 
 int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	int error, needed_blocks;
+	int error, needed_blocks, no_expand;
 	handle_t *handle;
 	struct ext4_iloc iloc;
 

@@ -2006,15 +2005,10 @@ int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inod
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-	if (!ext4_has_inline_data(inode)) {
-		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	error = ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle, inode, &iloc);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-out:
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+		error = ext4_convert_inline_data_nolock(handle, inode, &iloc);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 out_free:
 	brelse(iloc.bh);

@@ -1174,16 +1174,14 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle,
 	struct ext4_xattr_block_find bs = {
 		.s = { .not_found = -ENODATA, },
 	};
-	unsigned long no_expand;
+	int no_expand;
 	int error;
 
 	if (!name)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	if (strlen(name) > 255)
 		return -ERANGE;
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-	no_expand = ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
-	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+	ext4_write_lock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 
 	error = ext4_reserve_inode_write(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
 	if (error)

@@ -1251,7 +1249,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle,
 		ext4_xattr_update_super_block(handle, inode->i_sb);
 		inode->i_ctime = ext4_current_time(inode);
 		if (!value)
-			ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+			no_expand = 0;
 		error = ext4_mark_iloc_dirty(handle, inode, &is.iloc);
 		/*
 		 * The bh is consumed by ext4_mark_iloc_dirty, even with

@@ -1265,9 +1263,7 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle,
 cleanup:
 	brelse(is.iloc.bh);
 	brelse(bs.bh);
-	if (no_expand == 0)
-		ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	return error;
 }
 

@@ -1484,12 +1480,11 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct in
 	int error = 0, tried_min_extra_isize = 0;
 	int s_min_extra_isize = le16_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es->s_min_extra_isize);
 	int isize_diff;	/* How much do we need to grow i_extra_isize */
+	int no_expand;
+
+	if (ext4_write_trylock_xattr(inode, &no_expand) == 0)
+		return 0;
 
-	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
-	/*
-	 * Set EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND to avoid recursion when marking inode dirty
-	 */
-	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
 retry:
 	isize_diff = new_extra_isize - EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize;
 	if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize >= new_extra_isize)

@@ -1571,17 +1566,16 @@ shift:
 	EXT4_I(inode)->i_extra_isize = new_extra_isize;
 	brelse(bh);
 out:
-	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	return 0;
 
 cleanup:
 	brelse(bh);
 	/*
-	 * We deliberately leave EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND set here since inode
-	 * size expansion failed.
+	 * Inode size expansion failed; don't try again
 	 */
-	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	no_expand = 1;
+	ext4_write_unlock_xattr(inode, &no_expand);
 	return error;
 }
 

@@ -102,6 +102,38 @@ extern const struct xattr_handler ext4_x
 
 #define EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT "c"
 
+/*
+ * The EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND is overloaded and used for two purposes.
+ * The first is to signal that there the inline xattrs and data are
+ * taking up so much space that we might as well not keep trying to
+ * expand it.  The second is that xattr_sem is taken for writing, so
+ * we shouldn't try to recurse into the inode expansion.  For this
+ * second case, we need to make sure that we take save and restore the
+ * NO_EXPAND state flag appropriately.
+ */
+static inline void ext4_write_lock_xattr(struct inode *inode, int *save)
+{
+	down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+	*save = ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+}
+
+static inline int ext4_write_trylock_xattr(struct inode *inode, int *save)
+{
+	if (down_write_trylock(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem) == 0)
+		return 0;
+	*save = ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+static inline void ext4_write_unlock_xattr(struct inode *inode, int *save)
+{
+	if (*save == 0)
+		ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
+	up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
+}
+
 extern ssize_t ext4_listxattr(struct dentry *, char *, size_t);
 
 extern int ext4_xattr_get(struct inode *, int, const char *, void *, size_t);