xfs: detect and handle invalid iclog size set by mkfs

XFS log records have separate fields for the record size and the iclog
size used to write the record. mkfs.xfs zeroes the log and writes an
unmount record to generate a clean log for the subsequent mount. The
userspace record logging code has a bug where the iclog size (h_size)
field of the log record is hardcoded to 32k, even if a log stripe unit
is specified. The log record length is correctly extended to the stripe
unit. Since the kernel log recovery code uses the h_size field to
determine the log buffer size, this means that the kernel can attempt to
read/process records larger than the buffer size and overrun the buffer.

This has historically not been a problem because the kernel doesn't
actually run through log recovery in the clean unmount case. Instead,
the kernel detects that a single unmount record exists between the head
and tail and pushes the tail forward such that the log is viewed as
clean (head == tail). Once CRC verification is enabled, however, all
records at the head of the log are verified for CRC errors and thus we
are susceptible to overrun problems if the iclog field is not correct.

While the core problem must be fixed in userspace, this is historical
behavior that must be detected in the kernel to avoid severe side
effects such as memory corruption and crashes. Update the log buffer
size calculation code to detect this condition, warn the user and resize
the log buffer based on the log stripe unit. Return a corruption error
in cases where this does not look like a clean filesystem (i.e., the log
record header indicates more than one operation).

Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <bfoster@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>

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