From: Chris Mason <clm@meta.com>
To: Daniel Vacek <neelx@suse.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@fb.com>, Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>,
Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>, <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-fscrypt@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 20/43] btrfs: add fscrypt_info and encryption_type to ordered_extent
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2026 07:18:57 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260208151928.3245396-1-clm@meta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260206182336.1397715-21-neelx@suse.com>
Daniel Vacek <neelx@suse.com> wrote:
> From: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
>
> We're going to need these to update the file extent items once the
> writes are complete. Add them and add the pieces necessary to assign
> them and free everything.
>
Hi everyone,
I'm running the btrfs for-next branch, along with the encryption patch set
through my AI review prompts:
https://github.com/masoncl/review-prompts
I'm working on some btrfs specific instructions, but hopefully these reviews
are already useful. I've kept the headers to make it easier to double check
that I'm actually replying to the right email, but please let me know if any
parts of this are incorrect:
commit 61cd57301840de69a3f6573374d41ad4b4bcf348
Author: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
btrfs: add fscrypt_info and encryption_type to ordered_extent
This commit adds encryption-related fields (encryption_type and
fscrypt_info) to struct btrfs_ordered_extent to support fscrypt
integration in btrfs.
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
> index 5df02c707aee6..7a5701937184e 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ static struct btrfs_ordered_extent *alloc_ordered_extent(
> }
> entry->inode = inode;
> entry->compress_type = compress_type;
> + entry->encryption_type = BTRFS_ENCRYPTION_NONE;
> entry->truncated_len = (u64)-1;
> entry->qgroup_rsv = qgroup_rsv;
This isn't a bug, but the fscrypt_info field isn't explicitly initialized
to NULL here. While kmem_cache_zalloc() at line 175 does zero the memory,
all the other important fields in this function are explicitly initialized
(compress_type, encryption_type, truncated_len, qgroup_rsv, refs). Would
adding an explicit 'entry->fscrypt_info = NULL;' improve consistency?
> entry->flags = flags;
> @@ -630,6 +631,7 @@ void btrfs_put_ordered_extent(struct btrfs_ordered_extent *entry)
> btrfs_add_delayed_iput(entry->inode);
> list_for_each_entry_safe(sum, tmp, &entry->list, list)
> kvfree(sum);
> + fscrypt_put_extent_info(entry->fscrypt_info);
> kmem_cache_free(btrfs_ordered_extent_cache, entry);
> }
> }
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
> index 1e6b0b182b295..ce19198e7f844 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/ordered-data.h
> @@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ struct btrfs_ordered_extent {
> /* compression algorithm */
> int compress_type;
>
> + /* encryption mode */
> + u8 encryption_type;
> +
This isn't a bug, but placing the u8 encryption_type field between two int
fields creates 3 bytes of padding. This is minor, but in a filesystem with
many ordered extents, it could add up. The current placement does have the
advantage of grouping encryption-related fields together logically, though.
> /* Qgroup reserved space */
> int qgroup_rsv;
>
> @@ -133,6 +136,9 @@ struct btrfs_ordered_extent {
> /* the inode we belong to */
> struct btrfs_inode *inode;
>
> + /* the fscrypt_info for this extent, if necessary */
> + struct fscrypt_extent_info *fscrypt_info;
> +
> /* list of checksums for insertion when the extent io is done */
> struct list_head list;
How does btrfs_split_ordered_extent() handle the new fscrypt_info field?
Looking at that function in ordered-data.c, it calls alloc_ordered_extent()
which initializes encryption_type to BTRFS_ENCRYPTION_NONE and fscrypt_info
to NULL. If the original ordered extent has encryption_type set to
BTRFS_ENCRYPTION_FSCRYPT with a non-NULL fscrypt_info pointer, the split
creates an inconsistency where the two extents representing parts of the
same encrypted data have different encryption metadata.
The function already has an assertion preventing splits of compressed
extents at line 1244:
ASSERT(!(flags & (1U << BTRFS_ORDERED_COMPRESSED)))
Should there be similar protection for encrypted extents, or if splits must
be supported, should the function call fscrypt_get_extent_info() to
properly handle the reference count and copy the encryption_type to the new
extent?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-08 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-06 18:22 [PATCH v6 00/43] btrfs: add fscrypt support Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 01/43] fscrypt: add per-extent encryption support Daniel Vacek
2026-02-21 22:11 ` Eric Biggers
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 02/43] fscrypt: allow inline encryption for extent based encryption Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 03/43] fscrypt: add a __fscrypt_file_open helper Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 04/43] fscrypt: conditionally don't wipe mk secret until the last active user is done Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 05/43] blk-crypto: add a process_bio callback Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 06/43] fscrypt: add a process_bio hook to fscrypt_operations Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 07/43] fscrypt: expose fscrypt_nokey_name Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 08/43] fscrypt: add documentation about extent encryption Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:43 ` Randy Dunlap
2026-02-17 14:48 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 09/43] btrfs: add infrastructure for safe em freeing Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 10/43] btrfs: start using fscrypt hooks Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:44 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-17 15:26 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 11/43] btrfs: add inode encryption contexts Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:36 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-18 13:18 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 12/43] btrfs: add new FEATURE_INCOMPAT_ENCRYPT flag Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 13/43] btrfs: adapt readdir for encrypted and nokey names Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:35 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-18 14:05 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 14/43] btrfs: handle " Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:28 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-18 14:50 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 15/43] btrfs: implement fscrypt ioctls Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 16/43] btrfs: select encryption dependencies if FS_ENCRYPTION Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:22 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-18 15:02 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 17/43] btrfs: add get_devices hook for fscrypt Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 18/43] btrfs: set file extent encryption excplicitly Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 19/43] btrfs: add fscrypt_info and encryption_type to extent_map Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 20/43] btrfs: add fscrypt_info and encryption_type to ordered_extent Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:18 ` Chris Mason [this message]
2026-02-18 15:29 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-18 15:50 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-18 16:11 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 21/43] btrfs: plumb through setting the fscrypt_info for ordered extents Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 22/43] btrfs: populate the ordered_extent with the fscrypt context Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 23/43] btrfs: keep track of fscrypt info and orig_start for dio reads Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 24/43] btrfs: add extent encryption context tree item type Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:16 ` Chris Mason
2026-02-18 17:25 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 25/43] btrfs: pass through fscrypt_extent_info to the file extent helpers Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 26/43] btrfs: implement the fscrypt extent encryption hooks Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:22 ` [PATCH v6 27/43] btrfs: setup fscrypt_extent_info for new extents Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 28/43] btrfs: populate ordered_extent with the orig offset Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:12 ` Chris Mason
2026-03-03 13:42 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 29/43] btrfs: set the bio fscrypt context when applicable Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 30/43] btrfs: add a bio argument to btrfs_csum_one_bio Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 31/43] btrfs: limit encrypted writes to 256 segments Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 32/43] btrfs: implement process_bio cb for fscrypt Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:10 ` Chris Mason
2026-03-24 9:36 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 33/43] btrfs: implement read repair for encryption Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:08 ` Chris Mason
2026-03-25 14:17 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 34/43] btrfs: add test_dummy_encryption support Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 35/43] btrfs: make btrfs_ref_to_path handle encrypted filenames Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 15:02 ` Chris Mason
2026-03-25 15:27 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 36/43] btrfs: deal with encrypted symlinks in send Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 37/43] btrfs: decrypt file names for send Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 38/43] btrfs: load the inode context before sending writes Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 39/43] btrfs: set the appropriate free space settings in reconfigure Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 40/43] btrfs: support encryption with log replay Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 41/43] btrfs: disable auto defrag on encrypted files Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 42/43] btrfs: disable encryption on RAID5/6 Daniel Vacek
2026-02-08 13:14 ` Chris Mason
2026-03-26 16:16 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:23 ` [PATCH v6 43/43] btrfs: disable send if we have encryption enabled Daniel Vacek
2026-02-06 18:42 ` [PATCH v6 00/43] btrfs: add fscrypt support Daniel Vacek
2026-02-21 20:56 ` Eric Biggers
2026-02-27 15:50 ` Daniel Vacek
2026-02-27 22:26 ` Neal Gompa
2026-02-28 7:57 ` Daniel Vacek
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