From 4bca7e80b6455772b4bf3f536dcbc19aac424d6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 15:22:29 +0200 Subject: init: Initialize noop_backing_dev_info early noop_backing_dev_info is used by superblocks of various pseudofilesystems such as kdevtmpfs. After commit 10e14073107d ("writeback: Fix inode->i_io_list not be protected by inode->i_lock error") this broke because __mark_inode_dirty() started to access more fields from noop_backing_dev_info and this led to crashes inside locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list() called from __mark_inode_dirty(). Fix the problem by initializing noop_backing_dev_info before the filesystems get mounted. Fixes: 10e14073107d ("writeback: Fix inode->i_io_list not be protected by inode->i_lock error") Reported-and-tested-by: Suzuki K Poulose Reported-and-tested-by: Alexandru Elisei Reported-and-tested-by: Guenter Roeck Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- include/linux/backing-dev.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'include') diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h index 2bd073fa6bb5..d452071db572 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int max_ratio); extern struct backing_dev_info noop_backing_dev_info; +int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); + /** * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress * @wb: bdi_writeback of interest -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b