ext4: prevent stale extent cache entries caused by concurrent fiemap
The ext4_fiemap() currently invokes ext4_ext_precache() and iomap_fiemap() to preload the extent cache and query mapping information 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_fiemap() 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 in ext4_fiemap(). Signed-off-by:Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250423085257.122685-5-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by:
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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