FAILED: patch "[PATCH] f2fs: dirty directory inodes on mtime/ctime update" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] f2fs: dirty directory inodes on mtime/ctime update" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree

[gregkh]

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 9ec09d5f4b317a417c8655c14056f70cbe71eb6c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026090949-starring-glider-1adf@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

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

From 9ec09d5f4b317a417c8655c14056f70cbe71eb6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joanne Chang <joannechien@google.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2026 06:34:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: dirty directory inodes on mtime/ctime update

Xfstests generic/547 sometimes fail with mismatched directory metadata
before and after a power failure. This happens because when a directory
entry is added, renamed, or deleted, its mtime and ctime are updated and
the inode is marked dirty via
f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, sync=false). The sync=false flag means
the dirty inode is not added to the global DIRTY_META list. Therefore,
subsequent checkpoints skip flushing these updated directory blocks,
causing directory timestamps to revert to stale values after a sudden
power failure.

Address this by changing the dirtying parameter to sync=true during
directory entry mutations and renames. This forces F2FS to immediately
queue the updated directory blocks on the global DIRTY_META list,
ensuring timestamps are committed to checkpoints.

Fixes: 7c45729a4d6d ("f2fs: keep dirty inodes selectively for checkpoint")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Joanne Chang <joannechien@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 0562ad211351..fd0e2cd31a81 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ void f2fs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct f2fs_dir_entry *de,
 	folio_mark_dirty(folio);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 	f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
 }
 
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ void f2fs_update_parent_metadata(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEW_INODE);
 	}
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 
 	if (F2FS_I(dir)->i_current_depth != current_depth)
 		f2fs_i_depth_write(dir, current_depth);
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ void f2fs_delete_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *dentry, struct folio *folio,
 	f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 
 	if (inode)
 		f2fs_drop_nlink(dir, inode);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index e2f7bedf1552..aec06fb4fd76 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ void f2fs_delete_inline_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *dentry,
 	f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 
 	if (inode)
 		f2fs_drop_nlink(dir, inode);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index cac03b8e91a1..7ffdf23cea5e 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -1076,7 +1076,7 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir,
 	f2fs_up_write(&F2FS_I(old_inode)->i_sem);
 
 	inode_set_ctime_current(old_inode);
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_inode, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_inode, true);
 
 	f2fs_delete_entry(old_entry, old_folio, old_dir, NULL);
 	old_folio = NULL;
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ static int f2fs_cross_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		f2fs_i_links_write(old_dir, old_nlink > 0);
 		f2fs_up_write(&F2FS_I(old_dir)->i_sem);
 	}
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_dir, true);
 
 	/* update directory entry info of new dir inode */
 	f2fs_set_link(new_dir, new_entry, new_folio, old_inode);
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ static int f2fs_cross_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		f2fs_i_links_write(new_dir, new_nlink > 0);
 		f2fs_up_write(&F2FS_I(new_dir)->i_sem);
 	}
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(new_dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(new_dir, true);
 
 	if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode == FSYNC_MODE_STRICT) {
 		f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, old_dir->i_ino, TRANS_DIR_INO);

[PATCH 6.12.y] f2fs: dirty directory inodes on mtime/ctime update

[Sasha Levin]

From: Joanne Chang <joannechien@google.com>

[ Upstream commit 9ec09d5f4b317a417c8655c14056f70cbe71eb6c ]

Xfstests generic/547 sometimes fail with mismatched directory metadata
before and after a power failure. This happens because when a directory
entry is added, renamed, or deleted, its mtime and ctime are updated and
the inode is marked dirty via
f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, sync=false). The sync=false flag means
the dirty inode is not added to the global DIRTY_META list. Therefore,
subsequent checkpoints skip flushing these updated directory blocks,
causing directory timestamps to revert to stale values after a sudden
power failure.

Address this by changing the dirtying parameter to sync=true during
directory entry mutations and renames. This forces F2FS to immediately
queue the updated directory blocks on the global DIRTY_META list,
ensuring timestamps are committed to checkpoints.

Fixes: 7c45729a4d6d ("f2fs: keep dirty inodes selectively for checkpoint")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Joanne Chang <joannechien@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
[ Adjusted f2fs_set_link() context to retain f2fs_put_page(page, 1) instead of f2fs_folio_put(folio, true). ]
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/dir.c    | 6 +++---
 fs/f2fs/inline.c | 2 +-
 fs/f2fs/namei.c  | 6 +++---
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/dir.c b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
index 54dd52de7269d..79d8dbbcdb3a8 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/dir.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ void f2fs_set_link(struct inode *dir, struct f2fs_dir_entry *de,
 	set_page_dirty(page);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 }
 
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ void f2fs_update_parent_metadata(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_NEW_INODE);
 	}
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 
 	if (F2FS_I(dir)->i_current_depth != current_depth)
 		f2fs_i_depth_write(dir, current_depth);
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ void f2fs_delete_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *dentry, struct page *page,
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 
 	if (inode)
 		f2fs_drop_nlink(dir, inode);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/inline.c b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
index 758ec6d3ae841..5e85a03153704 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/inline.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/inline.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ void f2fs_delete_inline_entry(struct f2fs_dir_entry *dentry, struct page *page,
 	f2fs_put_page(page, 1);
 
 	inode_set_mtime_to_ts(dir, inode_set_ctime_current(dir));
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(dir, true);
 
 	if (inode)
 		f2fs_drop_nlink(dir, inode);
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index da213cd39fc70..74482016832d2 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -1037,7 +1037,7 @@ static int f2fs_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *old_dir,
 	f2fs_up_write(&F2FS_I(old_inode)->i_sem);
 
 	inode_set_ctime_current(old_inode);
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_inode, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_inode, true);
 
 	f2fs_delete_entry(old_entry, old_page, old_dir, NULL);
 	old_page = NULL;
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ static int f2fs_cross_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		f2fs_i_links_write(old_dir, old_nlink > 0);
 		f2fs_up_write(&F2FS_I(old_dir)->i_sem);
 	}
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(old_dir, true);
 
 	/* update directory entry info of new dir inode */
 	f2fs_set_link(new_dir, new_entry, new_page, old_inode);
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static int f2fs_cross_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 		f2fs_i_links_write(new_dir, new_nlink > 0);
 		f2fs_up_write(&F2FS_I(new_dir)->i_sem);
 	}
-	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(new_dir, false);
+	f2fs_mark_inode_dirty_sync(new_dir, true);
 
 	if (F2FS_OPTION(sbi).fsync_mode == FSYNC_MODE_STRICT) {
 		f2fs_add_ino_entry(sbi, old_dir->i_ino, TRANS_DIR_INO);
-- 
2.53.0