linux-rng/fs/ext4, branch master

Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.guards' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2025-12-01T22:39:03Z

Pull superblock lock guard updates from Christian Brauner: "This starts the work of introducing guards for superblock related locks. Introduce super_write_guard for scoped superblock write protection. This provides a guard-based alternative to the manual sb_start_write() and sb_end_write() pattern, allowing the compiler to automatically handle the cleanup" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.guards' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: xfs: use super write guard in xfs_file_ioctl() open: use super write guard in do_ftruncate() btrfs: use super write guard in relocating_repair_kthread() ext4: use super write guard in write_mmp_block() btrfs: use super write guard in sb_start_write() btrfs: use super write guard btrfs_run_defrag_inode() btrfs: use super write guard in btrfs_reclaim_bgs_work() fs: add super_write_guard

Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.folio' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2025-12-01T18:26:38Z

Pull folio updates from Christian Brauner: "Add a new folio_next_pos() helper function that returns the file position of the first byte after the current folio. This is a common operation in filesystems when needing to know the end of the current folio. The helper is lifted from btrfs which already had its own version, and is now used across multiple filesystems and subsystems: - btrfs - buffer - ext4 - f2fs - gfs2 - iomap - netfs - xfs - mm This fixes a long-standing bug in ocfs2 on 32-bit systems with files larger than 2GiB. Presumably this is not a common configuration, but the fix is backported anyway. The other filesystems did not have bugs, they were just mildly inefficient. This also introduce uoff_t as the unsigned version of loff_t. A recent commit inadvertently changed a comparison from being unsigned (on 64-bit systems) to being signed (which it had always been on 32-bit systems), leading to sporadic fstests failures. Generally file sizes are restricted to being a signed integer, but in places where -1 is passed to indicate "up to the end of the file", it is convenient to have an unsigned type to ensure comparisons are always unsigned regardless of architecture" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.folio' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: fs: Add uoff_t mm: Use folio_next_pos() xfs: Use folio_next_pos() netfs: Use folio_next_pos() iomap: Use folio_next_pos() gfs2: Use folio_next_pos() f2fs: Use folio_next_pos() ext4: Use folio_next_pos() buffer: Use folio_next_pos() btrfs: Use folio_next_pos() filemap: Add folio_next_pos()

Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2025-12-01T17:20:51Z

Pull writeback updates from Christian Brauner: "Features: - Allow file systems to increase the minimum writeback chunk size. The relatively low minimal writeback size of 4MiB means that written back inodes on rotational media are switched a lot. Besides introducing additional seeks, this also can lead to extreme file fragmentation on zoned devices when a lot of files are cached relative to the available writeback bandwidth. This adds a superblock field that allows the file system to override the default size, and sets it to the zone size for zoned XFS. - Add logging for slow writeback when it exceeds sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs. This helps identify tasks waiting for a long time and pinpoint potential issues. Recording the starting jiffies is also useful when debugging a crashed vmcore. - Wake up waiting tasks when finishing the writeback of a chunk Cleanups: - filemap_* writeback interface cleanups. Adding filemap_fdatawrite_wbc ended up being a mistake, as all but the original btrfs caller should be using better high level interfaces instead. This series removes all these low-level interfaces, switches btrfs to a more specific interface, and cleans up other too low-level interfaces. With this the writeback_control that is passed to the writeback code is only initialized in three places. - Remove __filemap_fdatawrite, __filemap_fdatawrite_range, and filemap_fdatawrite_wbc - Add filemap_flush_nr helper for btrfs - Push struct writeback_control into start_delalloc_inodes in btrfs - Rename filemap_fdatawrite_range_kick to filemap_flush_range - Stop opencoding filemap_fdatawrite_range in 9p, ocfs2, and mm - Make wbc_to_tag() inline and use it in fs" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: fs: Make wbc_to_tag() inline and use it in fs. xfs: set s_min_writeback_pages for zoned file systems writeback: allow the file system to override MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES writeback: cleanup writeback_chunk_size mm: rename filemap_fdatawrite_range_kick to filemap_flush_range mm: remove __filemap_fdatawrite_range mm: remove filemap_fdatawrite_wbc mm: remove __filemap_fdatawrite mm,btrfs: add a filemap_flush_nr helper btrfs: push struct writeback_control into start_delalloc_inodes btrfs: use the local tmp_inode variable in start_delalloc_inodes ocfs2: don't opencode filemap_fdatawrite_range in ocfs2_journal_submit_inode_data_buffers 9p: don't opencode filemap_fdatawrite_range in v9fs_mmap_vm_close mm: don't opencode filemap_fdatawrite_range in filemap_invalidate_inode writeback: Add logging for slow writeback (exceeds sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs) writeback: Wake up waiting tasks when finishing the writeback of a chunk.

Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.inode' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs

2025-12-01T17:02:34Z

Pull vfs inode updates from Christian Brauner: "Features: - Hide inode->i_state behind accessors. Open-coded accesses prevent asserting they are done correctly. One obvious aspect is locking, but significantly more can be checked. For example it can be detected when the code is clearing flags which are already missing, or is setting flags when it is illegal (e.g., I_FREEING when ->i_count > 0) - Provide accessors for ->i_state, converts all filesystems using coccinelle and manual conversions (btrfs, ceph, smb, f2fs, gfs2, overlayfs, nilfs2, xfs), and makes plain ->i_state access fail to compile - Rework I_NEW handling to operate without fences, simplifying the code after the accessor infrastructure is in place Cleanups: - Move wait_on_inode() from writeback.h to fs.h - Spell out fenced ->i_state accesses with explicit smp_wmb/smp_rmb for clarity - Cosmetic fixes to LRU handling - Push list presence check into inode_io_list_del() - Touch up predicts in __d_lookup_rcu() - ocfs2: retire ocfs2_drop_inode() and I_WILL_FREE usage - Assert on ->i_count in iput_final() - Assert ->i_lock held in __iget() Fixes: - Add missing fences to I_NEW handling" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.inode' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (22 commits) dcache: touch up predicts in __d_lookup_rcu() fs: push list presence check into inode_io_list_del() fs: cosmetic fixes to lru handling fs: rework I_NEW handling to operate without fences fs: make plain ->i_state access fail to compile xfs: use the new ->i_state accessors nilfs2: use the new ->i_state accessors overlayfs: use the new ->i_state accessors gfs2: use the new ->i_state accessors f2fs: use the new ->i_state accessors smb: use the new ->i_state accessors ceph: use the new ->i_state accessors btrfs: use the new ->i_state accessors Manual conversion to use ->i_state accessors of all places not covered by coccinelle Coccinelle-based conversion to use ->i_state accessors fs: provide accessors for ->i_state fs: spell out fenced ->i_state accesses with explicit smp_wmb/smp_rmb fs: move wait_on_inode() from writeback.h to fs.h fs: add missing fences to I_NEW handling ocfs2: retire ocfs2_drop_inode() and I_WILL_FREE usage ...

fs: push list presence check into inode_io_list_del()

2025-11-25T09:34:49Z

For consistency with sb routines. ext4 is the only consumer outside of evict(). Damage-controlling it is outside of the scope of this cleanup. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251103230911.516866-1-mjguzik@gmail.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

ext4: use super write guard in write_mmp_block()

2025-11-05T21:52:15Z

Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251104-work-guards-v1-5-5108ac78a171@kernel.org Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

ext4: Use folio_next_pos()

2025-10-31T12:11:37Z

This is one instruction more efficient than open-coding folio_pos() + folio_size(). It's the equivalent of (x + y) << z rather than x << z + y << z. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251024170822.1427218-5-willy@infradead.org Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi Cc: Theodore Ts'o Cc: Andreas Dilger Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

fs: Make wbc_to_tag() inline and use it in fs.

2025-10-29T22:33:48Z

The logic in wbc_to_tag() is widely used in file systems, so modify this function to be inline and use it in file systems. This patch has only passed compilation tests, but it should be fine. Signed-off-by: Julian Sun Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

Manual conversion to use ->i_state accessors of all places not covered by coccinelle

2025-10-20T18:22:26Z

Nothing to look at apart from iput_final(). Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner

Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus-6.18-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

2025-10-15T14:51:57Z

Pull ext4 bug fixes from Ted Ts'o: - Fix regression caused by removing CONFIG_EXT3_FS when testing some very old defconfigs - Avoid a BUG_ON when opening a file on a maliciously corrupted file system - Avoid mm warnings when freeing a very large orphan file metadata - Avoid a theoretical races between metadata writeback and checkpoints (it's very hard to hit in practice, since the race requires that the writeback take a very long time) * tag 'ext4_for_linus-6.18-rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: Use CONFIG_EXT4_FS instead of CONFIG_EXT3_FS in all of the defconfigs ext4: free orphan info with kvfree ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination ext4, doc: fix and improve directory hash tree description ext4: wait for ongoing I/O to complete before freeing blocks jbd2: ensure that all ongoing I/O complete before freeing blocks