[PATCH v3] xfs: restore nofs context unconditionally in xfs_trans_roll

Yun Zhou <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:30:02 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When __xfs_trans_commit() fails in xfs_trans_roll(), the NOFS context
is cleared but only restored in the success path.  This leaves the
error path without nofs protection, causing a circular lock dependency
between xfs_nondir_ilock_class and fs_reclaim:

       CPU0                    CPU1
       ----                    ----
  lock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
                               lock(fs_reclaim);
                               lock(&xfs_nondir_ilock_class);
  lock(fs_reclaim);

Fix this by moving xfs_trans_set_context() before the error check so
that nofs context is always restored on the new transaction.

Reported-by: [email protected]
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=59178abfeb0ea3f0ab20
Fixes: a1ca658d649a ("xfs: fix incorrect context handling in xfs_trans_roll")
Cc: [email protected]
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <[email protected]>
---
v3:
  - Change back to v1

v2:
  - Instead of moving xfs_trans_set_context() before the error check,
    transfer the nofs context in xfs_trans_dup() via a new
    memalloc_flags_move() helper, as suggested by Darrick.
  - Change t_pflags from unsigned long to unsigned int to match mm API.

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/T/

 fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c | 16 +++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
index 7bfbd9f6f0df..1b36cf12d4e3 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans.c
@@ -1029,6 +1029,15 @@ xfs_trans_roll(
 	 * duplicate transaction that gets returned.
 	 */
 	error = __xfs_trans_commit(tp, true);
+
+	tp = *tpp;
+	/*
+	 * __xfs_trans_commit cleared the NOFS flag by calling into
+	 * xfs_trans_free.  Set it again here before doing memory
+	 * allocations.
+	 */
+	xfs_trans_set_context(tp);
+
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
@@ -1040,13 +1049,6 @@ xfs_trans_roll(
 	 * either nothing be locked across this call, or that anything that is
 	 * locked be logged in the prior and the next transactions.
 	 */
-	tp = *tpp;
-	/*
-	 * __xfs_trans_commit cleared the NOFS flag by calling into
-	 * xfs_trans_free.  Set it again here before doing memory
-	 * allocations.
-	 */
-	xfs_trans_set_context(tp);
 	error = xfs_log_regrant(tp->t_mountp, tp->t_ticket);
 	if (error)
 		return error;
-- 
2.43.0