kernel/linux.git/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c, branch v7.1

ext4: Track metadata bhs in fs-private inode part

2026-03-26T14:03:32+00:00

Track metadata bhs for an inode in fs-private part of the inode. We need the tracking only for nojournal mode so this is somewhat wasteful. We can relatively easily make the mapping_metadata_bhs struct dynamically allocated similarly to how we treat jbd2_inode but let's leave that for ext4 specific series once the dust settles a bit. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326095354.16340-82-jack@suse.cz Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

ext4: make data=journal support large block size

2025-11-29T03:35:28+00:00

Currently, ext4_set_inode_mapping_order() does not set max folio order for files with the data journalling flag. For files that already have large folios enabled, ext4_inode_journal_mode() ignores the data journalling flag once max folio order is set. This is not because data journalling cannot work with large folios, but because credit estimates will go through the roof if there are too many blocks per folio. Since the real constraint is blocks-per-folio, to support data=journal under LBS, we now set max folio order to be equal to min folio order for files with the journalling flag. When LBS is disabled, the max folio order remains unset as before. Therefore, before ext4_change_inode_journal_flag() switches the journalling mode, we call truncate_pagecache() to drop all page cache for that inode, and filemap_write_and_wait() is called unconditionally. After that, once the journalling mode has been switched, we can safely reset the inode mapping order, and the mapping_large_folio_support() check in ext4_inode_journal_mode() can be removed. Suggested-by: Jan Kara Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Baokun Li Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo Message-ID: <20251121090654.631996-22-libaokun@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

ext4: wait for ongoing I/O to complete before freeing blocks

2025-10-10T17:34:35+00:00

When freeing metadata blocks in nojournal mode, ext4_forget() calls bforget() to clear the dirty flag on the buffer_head and remvoe associated mappings. This is acceptable if the metadata has not yet begun to be written back. However, if the write-back has already started but is not yet completed, ext4_forget() will have no effect. Subsequently, ext4_mb_clear_bb() will immediately return the block to the mb allocator. This block can then be reallocated immediately, potentially causing an data corruption issue. Fix this by clearing the buffer's dirty flag and waiting for the ongoing I/O to complete, ensuring that no further writes to stale data will occur. Fixes: 16e08b14a455 ("ext4: cleanup clean_bdev_aliases() calls") Cc: stable@kernel.org Reported-by: Gao Xiang Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/a9417096-9549-4441-9878-b1955b899b4e@huaweicloud.com/ Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Message-ID: <20250916093337.3161016-3-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

ext4: enable large folio for regular file

2025-05-20T14:31:12+00:00

Besides fsverity, fscrypt, and the data=journal mode, ext4 now supports large folios for regular files. Enable this feature by default. However, since we cannot change the folio order limitation of mappings on active inodes, setting the journal=data mode via ioctl on an active inode will not take immediate effect in non-delalloc mode. Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250512063319.3539411-9-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

ext4: remove redundant function ext4_has_metadata_csum

2025-03-17T15:19:41+00:00

Since commit f2b4fa19647e ("ext4: switch to using the crc32c library"), ext4_has_metadata_csum() is just an alias for ext4_has_feature_metadata_csum(). ext4_has_feature_metadata_csum() is generated by EXT4_FEATURE_RO_COMPAT_FUNCS and uses the regular naming convention for checking a single ext4 feature. Therefore, remove ext4_has_metadata_csum() and update all its callers to use ext4_has_feature_metadata_csum() directly. Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250207031335.42637-1-ebiggers@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

ext4: add ext4_emergency_state() helper function

2025-03-13T14:16:34+00:00

Since both SHUTDOWN and EMERGENCY_RO are emergency states of the ext4 file system, and they are checked in similar locations, we have added a helper function, ext4_emergency_state(), to determine whether the current file system is in one of these two emergency states. Then, replace calls to ext4_forced_shutdown() with ext4_emergency_state() in those functions that could potentially trigger write operations. Signed-off-by: Baokun Li Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250122114130.229709-4-libaokun@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

use ->bd_mapping instead of ->bd_inode->i_mapping

2024-05-03T06:36:51+00:00

Just the low-hanging fruit... Signed-off-by: Al Viro Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240411145346.2516848-2-viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

ext4: move ext4_check_bdev_write_error() into nojournal mode

2024-01-05T04:42:21+00:00

Since JBD2 takes care of all metadata writeback errors of fs dev, ext4_check_bdev_write_error() is useful only in nojournal mode. Move it into '!ext4_handle_valid(handle)' branch. Signed-off-by: Zhihao Cheng Suggested-by: Jan Kara Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231213013224.2100050-6-chengzhihao1@huawei.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

2023-08-31T22:18:15+00:00

Pull ext4 updates from Ted Ts'o: "Many ext4 and jbd2 cleanups and bug fixes: - Cleanups in the ext4 remount code when going to and from read-only - Cleanups in ext4's multiblock allocator - Cleanups in the jbd2 setup/mounting code paths - Performance improvements when appending to a delayed allocation file - Miscellaneous syzbot and other bug fixes" * tag 'ext4_for_linus-6.6-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (60 commits) ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_es_insert_extent() libfs: remove redundant checks of s_encoding ext4: remove redundant checks of s_encoding ext4: reject casefold inode flag without casefold feature ext4: use LIST_HEAD() to initialize the list_head in mballoc.c ext4: do not mark inode dirty every time when appending using delalloc ext4: rename s_error_work to s_sb_upd_work ext4: add periodic superblock update check ext4: drop dio overwrite only flag and associated warning ext4: add correct group descriptors and reserved GDT blocks to system zone ext4: remove unused function declaration ext4: mballoc: avoid garbage value from err ext4: use sbi instead of EXT4_SB(sb) in ext4_mb_new_blocks_simple() ext4: change the type of blocksize in ext4_mb_init_cache() ext4: fix unttached inode after power cut with orphan file feature enabled jbd2: correct the end of the journal recovery scan range ext4: ext4_get_{dev}_journal return proper error value ext4: cleanup ext4_get_dev_journal() and ext4_get_journal() jbd2: jbd2_journal_init_{dev,inode} return proper error return value jbd2: drop useless error tag in jbd2_journal_wipe() ...

ext4: don't use bdev->bd_super in __ext4_journal_get_write_access

2023-08-09T06:16:55+00:00

__ext4_journal_get_write_access already has a super_block available, and there is no need to go from that to the bdev to go back to the owning super_block. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Message-Id: <20230807112625.652089-3-hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner