erofs image that can put z_erofs_scan_folio() into an infinite loop

[Gao Xiang]

On 2025/10/17 04:18, rtm at csail.mit.edu wrote:
> This produces an infinite loop in z_erofs_scan_folio():
> 
> # uname -r
> 6.17.0-12747-g859be217ee9e
> # wget http://www.rtmrtm.org/rtm/erofs6a.img
> # mount -t erofs -o loop erofs6a.img /mnt
> # cp /mnt/x /tmp/y
> 
> I'm afraid I have not been able to track down what is going on. But
> one factor is that erofs_inode_extended->i_size is 0x80000000000fff;
> changing it to e.g. 3 makes the infinite loop go away.
> 
> On the other hand, here's another image can also loop forever in
> z_erofs_scan_folio(), but has a more ordinary i_size:
> 
> # wget http://www.rtmrtm.org/rtm/erofs23a.img
> # mount -t erofs -o loop erofs23a.img /mnt
> # cp /mnt/x /tmp/y

Thanks! Will look into those soon.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

> 
> Robert Morris
> rtm at mit.edu
>