The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 4cfc7d5a4a01d2133b278cdbb1371fba1b419174 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025122906-preshow-nearest-b359@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 4cfc7d5a4a01d2133b278cdbb1371fba1b419174 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexey Velichayshiy a.velichayshiy@ispras.ru Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 12:05:18 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] gfs2: fix freeze error handling

After commit b77b4a4815a9 ("gfs2: Rework freeze / thaw logic"), the freeze error handling is broken because gfs2_do_thaw() overwrites the 'error' variable, causing incorrect processing of the original freeze error.

Fix this by calling gfs2_do_thaw() when gfs2_lock_fs_check_clean() fails but ignoring its return value to preserve the original freeze error for proper reporting.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: b77b4a4815a9 ("gfs2: Rework freeze / thaw logic") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.5+ Signed-off-by: Alexey Velichayshiy a.velichayshiy@ispras.ru Signed-off-by: Andreas Gruenbacher agruenba@redhat.com

diff --git a/fs/gfs2/super.c b/fs/gfs2/super.c index 644b2d1e7276..54c6f2098f01 100644 --- a/fs/gfs2/super.c +++ b/fs/gfs2/super.c @@ -749,9 +749,7 @@ static int gfs2_freeze_super(struct super_block *sb, enum freeze_holder who, break; }

- error = gfs2_do_thaw(sdp, who, freeze_owner); - if (error) - goto out; + (void)gfs2_do_thaw(sdp, who, freeze_owner);

if (error == -EBUSY) fs_err(sdp, "waiting for recovery before freeze\n");