@@ -1063,11 +1063,27 @@ static int f2fs_d_compare(const struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int len,
const struct inode *dir = READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode);
const struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi = F2FS_SB(dentry->d_sb);
struct qstr entry = QSTR_INIT(str, len);
+ char strbuf[DNAME_INLINE_LEN];
int res;
if (!dir || !IS_CASEFOLDED(dir))
goto fallback;
+ /*
+ * If the dentry name is stored in-line, then it may be concurrently
+ * modified by a rename. If this happens, the VFS will eventually retry
+ * the lookup, so it doesn't matter what ->d_compare() returns.
+ * However, it's unsafe to call utf8_strncasecmp() with an unstable
+ * string. Therefore, we have to copy the name into a temporary buffer.
+ */
+ if (len <= DNAME_INLINE_LEN - 1) {
+ memcpy(strbuf, str, len);
+ strbuf[len] = 0;
+ entry.name = strbuf;
+ /* prevent compiler from optimizing out the temporary buffer */
+ barrier();
+ }
+
res = utf8_strncasecmp(sbi->s_encoding, name, &entry);
if (res >= 0)
return res;