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A recent patch added a call to ext4_error() which is problematic since some callers of the ext4_get_group_info() function may be holding a spinlock, whereas ext4_error() must never be called in atomic context. This triggered a report from Syzbot: "BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context in ext4_update_super" (see the link below). Therefore, drop the call to ext4_error() from ext4_get_group_info(). In the meantime use eight characters tabs instead of nine characters ones. Reported-by: syzbot+4acc7d910e617b360859@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/00000000000070575805fdc6cdb2@google.com/ Fixes: 5354b2af3406 ("ext4: allow ext4_get_group_info() to fail") Suggested-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> Signed-off-by: Fabio M. De Francesco <fmdefrancesco@gmail.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230614100446.14337-1-fmdefrancesco@gmail.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.