From: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca
Cc: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>,
tahsin@google.com, ebiggers@kernel.org,
Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 10:53:03 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260207100148.724275-4-simon.weber.39@gmail.com> (raw)
Fix an issue arising when ext4 features has_journal, ea_inode, and encrypt
are activated simultaneously, leading to ENOSPC when creating an encrypted
file.
Fix by passing XATTR_CREATE flag to xattr_set_handle function if a handle
is specified, i.e., when the function is called in the control flow of
creating a new inode. This aligns the number of jbd2 credits set_handle
checks for with the number allocated for creating a new inode.
ext4_set_context must not be called with a non-null handle (fs_data) if
fscrypt context xattr is not guaranteed to not exist yet. The only other
usage of this function currently is when handling the ioctl
FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY, which calls it with fs_data=NULL.
Fixes: c1a5d5f6ab21eb7e ("ext4: improve journal credit handling in set xattr paths")
Co-developed-by: Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>
---
fs/ext4/crypto.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
index cf0a0970c095..a89a14dffa48 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
@@ -163,10 +163,15 @@ static int ext4_set_context(struct inode *inode, const void *ctx, size_t len,
*/
if (handle) {
+ /*
+ * Since the inode is new it is ok to pass the XATTR_CREATE flag. This
+ * is necessary to match the reamining journal credits check in the
+ * set_handle function with the credits allocated for the new inode.
+ */
res = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode,
EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION,
EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT,
- ctx, len, 0);
+ ctx, len, XATTR_CREATE);
if (!res) {
ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT);
ext4_clear_inode_state(inode,
--
2.49.0
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-07 10:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-07 9:53 Simon Weber [this message]
2026-02-13 0:07 ` [PATCH v2] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context Eric Biggers
2026-02-22 8:11 ` Simon Weber
2026-02-22 20:28 ` Eric Biggers
2026-03-26 11:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
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