From: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
To: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>,
Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>,
Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>,
"Ritesh Harjani (IBM)" <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@samsung.com>,
"Christian Brauner (Amutable)" <brauner@kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH RFC 1/9] ext2: add ext2_inode_block() helper
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:28:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029-work-inode-metadata_writeback-v1-1-7d6c678a585d@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029-work-inode-metadata_writeback-v1-0-7d6c678a585d@kernel.org>
Move the lookup of the inode table block that holds an inode out of
ext2_get_inode() into a helper. ext2_sync_inode_metadata() is going to
use it to find the block without reading it from disk.
No functional changes.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v7.3
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
---
fs/ext2/inode.c | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 12ac4cfe1500..940f61a4dde3 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -1272,46 +1272,59 @@ static int ext2_setsize(struct inode *inode, loff_t newsize)
return 0;
}
-static struct ext2_inode *ext2_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, ino_t ino,
- struct buffer_head **p)
+/*
+ * Find the inode table block that holds inode @ino and the offset of the
+ * inode in that block.
+ */
+static int ext2_inode_block(struct super_block *sb, ino_t ino,
+ unsigned long *block, unsigned long *offset)
{
- struct buffer_head * bh;
unsigned long block_group;
- unsigned long block;
- unsigned long offset;
struct ext2_group_desc * gdp;
- *p = NULL;
if ((ino != EXT2_ROOT_INO && ino < EXT2_FIRST_INO(sb)) ||
- ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count))
- goto Einval;
+ ino > le32_to_cpu(EXT2_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
+ ext2_error(sb, "ext2_get_inode", "bad inode number: %lu",
+ (unsigned long) ino);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
block_group = (ino - 1) / EXT2_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
gdp = ext2_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, NULL);
if (!gdp)
- goto Egdp;
+ return -EIO;
/*
* Figure out the offset within the block group inode table
*/
- offset = ((ino - 1) % EXT2_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb)) * EXT2_INODE_SIZE(sb);
- block = le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) +
- (offset >> EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb));
+ *offset = ((ino - 1) % EXT2_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb)) * EXT2_INODE_SIZE(sb);
+ *block = le32_to_cpu(gdp->bg_inode_table) +
+ (*offset >> EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb));
+ *offset &= (EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(sb) - 1);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static struct ext2_inode *ext2_get_inode(struct super_block *sb, ino_t ino,
+ struct buffer_head **p)
+{
+ struct buffer_head *bh;
+ unsigned long block;
+ unsigned long offset;
+ int err;
+
+ *p = NULL;
+ err = ext2_inode_block(sb, ino, &block, &offset);
+ if (err)
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
if (!(bh = sb_bread(sb, block)))
goto Eio;
*p = bh;
- offset &= (EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(sb) - 1);
return (struct ext2_inode *) (bh->b_data + offset);
-Einval:
- ext2_error(sb, "ext2_get_inode", "bad inode number: %lu",
- (unsigned long) ino);
- return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
Eio:
ext2_error(sb, "ext2_get_inode",
"unable to read inode block - inode=%lu, block=%lu",
(unsigned long) ino, block);
-Egdp:
return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
}
--
2.53.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-29 13:28 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 13:28 [PATCH RFC 0/9] fs: reclaim inodes with I_METADATA_WRITEBACK Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` Christian Brauner [this message]
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 2/9] ext2: don't read the inode block in ext2_sync_inode_metadata() Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 3/9] ext4: add ext4_inode_loc_block() helper Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 4/9] ext4: don't read the inode block in ext4_sync_inode_metadata() Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 5/9] minix: add minix_inode_block() helper Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 6/9] minix: don't read the inode block in minix_sync_inode_metadata() Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 7/9] udf: don't allocate the inode block in udf_sync_inode_metadata() Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 8/9] fat: sync the inode in fat_free_eofblocks() Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 13:28 ` [PATCH RFC 9/9] fs: don't strand I_METADATA_WRITEBACK inodes outside the LRU Christian Brauner
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