If memory allocation in ext4_mb_new_group_pa() is failed,
it returns error code, ext4_mb_new_preallocation() propages it,
but ext4_mb_new_blocks() ignores it.

An observed result was:
- allocation fail means ext4_mb_new_group_pa() does not update 
ext4_allocation_context;
- ext4_mb_new_blocks() sets ext4_allocation_request->len (ar->len = 
ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len;)
  to number of blocks preallocated (512) instead of number of blocks requested 
(1);
- that activates update cycle in ext4_splice_branch():
    for (i = 1; i < blks; i++) <-- blks is 512 instead of 1 here
      *(where->p + i) = cpu_to_le32(current_block++);
- it iterates 511 times and corrupts a chunk of memory including inode 
structure;
- page fault happens at EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb) in ext4_mark_inode_dirty();
- system hangs with 'scheduling while atomic' BUG.

The patch implements a check for ext4_mb_new_preallocation() error code
and handles its failure as if ext4_mb_regular_allocator() fails.

Found by Linux File System Verification project (linuxtesting.org).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshi...@ispras.ru>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c |   15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index b1ed9e0..95c6b0d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4401,17 +4401,18 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_mb_new_blocks(handle_t *handle,
 repeat:
                /* allocate space in core */
                *errp = ext4_mb_regular_allocator(ac);
+               if (!*errp) {
+                       /* as we've just preallocated more space than
+                        * user requested orinally, we store allocated
+                        * space in a special descriptor */
+                       if (ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND &&
+                                       ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len < ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len)
+                               *errp = ext4_mb_new_preallocation(ac);
+               }
                if (*errp) {
                        ext4_discard_allocated_blocks(ac);
                        goto errout;
                }
-
-               /* as we've just preallocated more space than
-                * user requested orinally, we store allocated
-                * space in a special descriptor */
-               if (ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND &&
-                               ac->ac_o_ex.fe_len < ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len)
-                       ext4_mb_new_preallocation(ac);
        }
        if (likely(ac->ac_status == AC_STATUS_FOUND)) {
                *errp = ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used(ac, handle, reserv_clstrs);
-- 
1.7.9.5

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