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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/readpage.c17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/readpage.c b/fs/ext4/readpage.c
index fef7755300c3..410c904cf59b 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/readpage.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/readpage.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ enum bio_post_read_step {
STEP_INITIAL = 0,
STEP_DECRYPT,
STEP_VERITY,
+ STEP_MAX,
};
struct bio_post_read_ctx {
@@ -106,10 +107,22 @@ static void verity_work(struct work_struct *work)
{
struct bio_post_read_ctx *ctx =
container_of(work, struct bio_post_read_ctx, work);
+ struct bio *bio = ctx->bio;
- fsverity_verify_bio(ctx->bio);
+ /*
+ * fsverity_verify_bio() may call readpages() again, and although verity
+ * will be disabled for that, decryption may still be needed, causing
+ * another bio_post_read_ctx to be allocated. So to guarantee that
+ * mempool_alloc() never deadlocks we must free the current ctx first.
+ * This is safe because verity is the last post-read step.
+ */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON(STEP_VERITY + 1 != STEP_MAX);
+ mempool_free(ctx, bio_post_read_ctx_pool);
+ bio->bi_private = NULL;
- bio_post_read_processing(ctx);
+ fsverity_verify_bio(bio);
+
+ __read_end_io(bio);
}
static void bio_post_read_processing(struct bio_post_read_ctx *ctx)