Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: set EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND in ext4_evict_inode

["Zhou, Yun" <yun.zhou@windriver.com>]

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On 6/23/26 14:19, Yun Zhou wrote:
> An inode being evicted will never need its extra isize expanded.  Set
> EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND before ext4_mark_inode_dirty() in ext4_evict_inode()
> to make this explicit and prevent any unnecessary work in
> ext4_try_to_expand_extra_isize().
> 
> This also provides defense-in-depth for the s_writepages_rwsem deadlock
> during mount-time orphan cleanup, ensuring the expand path is blocked
> for inodes under eviction regardless of how they are reached.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yun Zhou <yun.zhou@windriver.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> ---
>   fs/ext4/inode.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index a5409324d965..0d131371ad3d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
>   	if (ext4_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
>   		memset(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data, 0, sizeof(EXT4_I(inode)->i_data));
>   	inode->i_size = 0;
> +	ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NO_EXPAND);
>   	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
>   	if (err) {
>   		ext4_warning(inode->i_sb,