[PATCH] ceph: fix writeback_count leak in write_folio_nounlock()

From: Wentao Liang

Date: Wed May 27 2026 - 23:55:33 EST


write_folio_nounlock() increments fsc->writeback_count to track
in-flight writeback operations. On several error paths where the
function returns early (folio lookup failure, snapshot context
allocation failure, and writepages submission failure), the function
returns without calling atomic_long_dec() to decrement the counter.

Each leaked increment keeps the counter above zero, which can prevent
the filesystem from cleanly unmounting or suspending writes.

Add atomic_long_dec() calls on all error paths that currently return
without decrementing the counter.

Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang <vulab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ceph/addr.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
index 0a86f672cc09..a606378649c3 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static int write_folio_nounlock(struct folio *folio,
ceph_wbc.truncate_size, true);
if (IS_ERR(req)) {
folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
+ atomic_long_dec(&fsc->writeback_count);
return PTR_ERR(req);
}

@@ -809,6 +810,7 @@ static int write_folio_nounlock(struct folio *folio,
folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
folio_end_writeback(folio);
ceph_osdc_put_request(req);
+ atomic_long_dec(&fsc->writeback_count);
return PTR_ERR(bounce_page);
}
}
@@ -847,6 +849,7 @@ static int write_folio_nounlock(struct folio *folio,
ceph_vinop(inode), folio);
folio_redirty_for_writepage(wbc, folio);
folio_end_writeback(folio);
+ atomic_long_dec_return(&fsc->writeback_count);
return err;
}
if (err == -EBLOCKLISTED)
--
2.34.1