From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>
To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
tytso@mit.edu, adilger.kernel@dilger.ca, jack@suse.cz,
ojaswin@linux.ibm.com, yi.zhang@huawei.com,
yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com, yizhang089@gmail.com,
libaokun1@huawei.com, yangerkun@huawei.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 02/14] ext4: don't zero the entire extent if EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:32:34 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251129103247.686136-3-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251129103247.686136-1-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
When allocating initialized blocks from a large unwritten extent, or
when splitting an unwritten extent during end I/O and converting it to
initialized, there is currently a potential issue of stale data if the
extent needs to be split in the middle.
0 A B N
[UUUUUUUUUUUU] U: unwritten extent
[--DDDDDDDD--] D: valid data
|<- ->| ----> this range needs to be initialized
ext4_split_extent() first try to split this extent at B with
EXT4_EXT_DATA_ENTIRE_VALID1 and EXT4_EXT_MAY_ZEROOUT flag set, but
ext4_split_extent_at() failed to split this extent due to temporary lack
of space. It zeroout B to N and mark the entire extent from 0 to N
as written.
0 A B N
[WWWWWWWWWWWW] W: written extent
[SSDDDDDDDDZZ] Z: zeroed, S: stale data
ext4_split_extent() then try to split this extent at A with
EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag set. This time, it split successfully and left
a stale written extent from 0 to A.
0 A B N
[WW|WWWWWWWWWW]
[SS|DDDDDDDDZZ]
Fix this by pass EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 to ext4_split_extent_at()
when splitting at B, don't convert the entire extent to written and left
it as unwritten after zeroing out B to N. The remaining work is just
like the standard two-part split. ext4_split_extent() will pass the
EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2 flag when it calls ext4_split_extent_at() for the
second time, allowing it to properly handle the split. If the split is
successful, it will keep extent from 0 to A as unwritten.
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
---
fs/ext4/extents.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 8d5ca450aa5d..1fee84ea20af 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3310,6 +3310,15 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
}
if (!err) {
+ /*
+ * The first half contains partially valid data, the
+ * splitting of this extent has not been completed, fix
+ * extent length and ext4_split_extent() split will the
+ * first half again.
+ */
+ if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1)
+ goto fix_extent_len;
+
/* update the extent length and mark as initialized */
ex->ee_len = cpu_to_le16(ee_len);
ext4_ext_try_to_merge(handle, inode, path, ex);
@@ -3379,7 +3388,9 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent(handle_t *handle,
split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNWRIT1 |
EXT4_EXT_MARK_UNWRIT2;
if (split_flag & EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID2)
- split_flag1 |= EXT4_EXT_DATA_ENTIRE_VALID1;
+ split_flag1 |= map->m_lblk > ee_block ?
+ EXT4_EXT_DATA_PARTIAL_VALID1 :
+ EXT4_EXT_DATA_ENTIRE_VALID1;
path = ext4_split_extent_at(handle, inode, path,
map->m_lblk + map->m_len, split_flag1, flags1);
if (IS_ERR(path))
--
2.46.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-11-29 10:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-11-29 10:32 [PATCH v3 00/14] ext4: replace ext4_es_insert_extent() when caching on-disk extents Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] ext4: subdivide EXT4_EXT_DATA_VALID1 Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` Zhang Yi [this message]
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] ext4: don't set EXT4_GET_BLOCKS_CONVERT when splitting before submitting I/O Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] ext4: correct the mapping status if the extent has been zeroed Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] ext4: don't cache extent during splitting extent Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] ext4: drop extent cache after doing PARTIAL_VALID1 zeroout Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 17:33 ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] ext4: drop extent cache when splitting extent fails Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 17:34 ` Ojaswin Mujoo
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] ext4: cleanup zeroout in ext4_split_extent_at() Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] ext4: cleanup useless out label in __es_remove_extent() Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] ext4: make __es_remove_extent() check extent status Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] ext4: make ext4_es_cache_extent() support overwrite existing extents Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] ext4: adjust the debug info in ext4_es_cache_extent() Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] ext4: replace ext4_es_insert_extent() when caching on-disk extents Zhang Yi
2025-11-29 10:32 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] ext4: drop the TODO comment in ext4_es_insert_extent() Zhang Yi
2025-12-01 16:23 ` [PATCH v3 00/14] ext4: replace ext4_es_insert_extent() when caching on-disk extents Theodore Ts'o
2025-12-01 16:42 ` Theodore Tso
2025-12-02 1:15 ` Zhang Yi
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