[PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.16.3 release.
There are 9 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
let me know.

Responses should be made by Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:35:08 +0000.
Anything received after that time might be too late.

The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.16.3-rc1.gz
or in the git tree and branch at:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.16.y
and the diffstat can be found below.

thanks,

greg k-h

-------------
Pseudo-Shortlog of commits:

Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
    Linux 6.16.3-rc1

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: replace ext4_writepage_trans_blocks()

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: reserved credits for one extent during the folio writeback

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: correct the reserved credits for extent conversion

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: enhance tracepoints during the folios writeback

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: restart handle if credits are insufficient during allocating blocks

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: refactor the block allocation process of ext4_page_mkwrite()

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: fix stale data if it bail out of the extents mapping loop

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: move the calculation of wbc->nr_to_write to mpage_folio_done()

Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
    ext4: process folios writeback in bytes


-------------

Diffstat:

 Makefile                    |   4 +-
 fs/ext4/ext4.h              |   2 +-
 fs/ext4/extents.c           |   6 +-
 fs/ext4/inline.c            |   6 +-
 fs/ext4/inode.c             | 323 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 fs/ext4/move_extent.c       |   3 +-
 fs/ext4/xattr.c             |   2 +-
 include/trace/events/ext4.h |  47 +++++--
 8 files changed, 251 insertions(+), 142 deletions(-)

[PATCH 6.16 1/9] ext4: process folios writeback in bytes

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit 1bfe6354e0975fe89c3d25e81b6546d205556a4b upstream.

Since ext4 supports large folios, processing writebacks in pages is no
longer appropriate, it can be modified to process writebacks in bytes.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-2-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c             |   70 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
 include/trace/events/ext4.h |   13 +++-----
 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1668,11 +1668,12 @@ struct mpage_da_data {
 	unsigned int can_map:1;	/* Can writepages call map blocks? */
 
 	/* These are internal state of ext4_do_writepages() */
-	pgoff_t first_page;	/* The first page to write */
-	pgoff_t next_page;	/* Current page to examine */
-	pgoff_t last_page;	/* Last page to examine */
+	loff_t start_pos;	/* The start pos to write */
+	loff_t next_pos;	/* Current pos to examine */
+	loff_t end_pos;		/* Last pos to examine */
+
 	/*
-	 * Extent to map - this can be after first_page because that can be
+	 * Extent to map - this can be after start_pos because that can be
 	 * fully mapped. We somewhat abuse m_flags to store whether the extent
 	 * is delalloc or unwritten.
 	 */
@@ -1692,38 +1693,38 @@ static void mpage_release_unused_pages(s
 	struct inode *inode = mpd->inode;
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 
-	/* This is necessary when next_page == 0. */
-	if (mpd->first_page >= mpd->next_page)
+	/* This is necessary when next_pos == 0. */
+	if (mpd->start_pos >= mpd->next_pos)
 		return;
 
 	mpd->scanned_until_end = 0;
-	index = mpd->first_page;
-	end   = mpd->next_page - 1;
 	if (invalidate) {
 		ext4_lblk_t start, last;
-		start = index << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
-		last = end << (PAGE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
+		start = EXT4_B_TO_LBLK(inode, mpd->start_pos);
+		last = mpd->next_pos >> inode->i_blkbits;
 
 		/*
 		 * avoid racing with extent status tree scans made by
 		 * ext4_insert_delayed_block()
 		 */
 		down_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
-		ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, start, last - start + 1);
+		ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, start, last - start);
 		up_write(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem);
 	}
 
 	folio_batch_init(&fbatch);
-	while (index <= end) {
-		nr = filemap_get_folios(mapping, &index, end, &fbatch);
+	index = mpd->start_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	end = mpd->next_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	while (index < end) {
+		nr = filemap_get_folios(mapping, &index, end - 1, &fbatch);
 		if (nr == 0)
 			break;
 		for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 			struct folio *folio = fbatch.folios[i];
 
-			if (folio->index < mpd->first_page)
+			if (folio_pos(folio) < mpd->start_pos)
 				continue;
-			if (folio_next_index(folio) - 1 > end)
+			if (folio_next_index(folio) > end)
 				continue;
 			BUG_ON(!folio_test_locked(folio));
 			BUG_ON(folio_test_writeback(folio));
@@ -2025,7 +2026,7 @@ int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct inode
 
 static void mpage_folio_done(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct folio *folio)
 {
-	mpd->first_page += folio_nr_pages(folio);
+	mpd->start_pos += folio_size(folio);
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 }
 
@@ -2035,7 +2036,7 @@ static int mpage_submit_folio(struct mpa
 	loff_t size;
 	int err;
 
-	BUG_ON(folio->index != mpd->first_page);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_pos(folio) != mpd->start_pos);
 	folio_clear_dirty_for_io(folio);
 	/*
 	 * We have to be very careful here!  Nothing protects writeback path
@@ -2447,7 +2448,7 @@ update_disksize:
 	 * Update on-disk size after IO is submitted.  Races with
 	 * truncate are avoided by checking i_size under i_data_sem.
 	 */
-	disksize = ((loff_t)mpd->first_page) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	disksize = mpd->start_pos;
 	if (disksize > READ_ONCE(EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize)) {
 		int err2;
 		loff_t i_size;
@@ -2550,8 +2551,8 @@ static int mpage_prepare_extent_to_map(s
 	struct address_space *mapping = mpd->inode->i_mapping;
 	struct folio_batch fbatch;
 	unsigned int nr_folios;
-	pgoff_t index = mpd->first_page;
-	pgoff_t end = mpd->last_page;
+	pgoff_t index = mpd->start_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	pgoff_t end = mpd->end_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	xa_mark_t tag;
 	int i, err = 0;
 	int blkbits = mpd->inode->i_blkbits;
@@ -2566,7 +2567,7 @@ static int mpage_prepare_extent_to_map(s
 		tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY;
 
 	mpd->map.m_len = 0;
-	mpd->next_page = index;
+	mpd->next_pos = mpd->start_pos;
 	if (ext4_should_journal_data(mpd->inode)) {
 		handle = ext4_journal_start(mpd->inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
 					    bpp);
@@ -2597,7 +2598,8 @@ static int mpage_prepare_extent_to_map(s
 				goto out;
 
 			/* If we can't merge this page, we are done. */
-			if (mpd->map.m_len > 0 && mpd->next_page != folio->index)
+			if (mpd->map.m_len > 0 &&
+			    mpd->next_pos != folio_pos(folio))
 				goto out;
 
 			if (handle) {
@@ -2643,8 +2645,8 @@ static int mpage_prepare_extent_to_map(s
 			}
 
 			if (mpd->map.m_len == 0)
-				mpd->first_page = folio->index;
-			mpd->next_page = folio_next_index(folio);
+				mpd->start_pos = folio_pos(folio);
+			mpd->next_pos = folio_pos(folio) + folio_size(folio);
 			/*
 			 * Writeout when we cannot modify metadata is simple.
 			 * Just submit the page. For data=journal mode we
@@ -2787,18 +2789,18 @@ static int ext4_do_writepages(struct mpa
 		writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index;
 		if (writeback_index)
 			cycled = 0;
-		mpd->first_page = writeback_index;
-		mpd->last_page = -1;
+		mpd->start_pos = writeback_index << PAGE_SHIFT;
+		mpd->end_pos = LLONG_MAX;
 	} else {
-		mpd->first_page = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-		mpd->last_page = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+		mpd->start_pos = wbc->range_start;
+		mpd->end_pos = wbc->range_end;
 	}
 
 	ext4_io_submit_init(&mpd->io_submit, wbc);
 retry:
 	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
-		tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, mpd->first_page,
-					mpd->last_page);
+		tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, mpd->start_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT,
+					mpd->end_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
 
 	/*
@@ -2858,7 +2860,7 @@ retry:
 		}
 		mpd->do_map = 1;
 
-		trace_ext4_da_write_pages(inode, mpd->first_page, wbc);
+		trace_ext4_da_write_pages(inode, mpd->start_pos, wbc);
 		ret = mpage_prepare_extent_to_map(mpd);
 		if (!ret && mpd->map.m_len)
 			ret = mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle, mpd,
@@ -2915,8 +2917,8 @@ unplug:
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	if (!ret && !cycled && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
 		cycled = 1;
-		mpd->last_page = writeback_index - 1;
-		mpd->first_page = 0;
+		mpd->end_pos = (writeback_index << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1;
+		mpd->start_pos = 0;
 		goto retry;
 	}
 
@@ -2926,7 +2928,7 @@ unplug:
 		 * Set the writeback_index so that range_cyclic
 		 * mode will write it back later
 		 */
-		mapping->writeback_index = mpd->first_page;
+		mapping->writeback_index = mpd->start_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 out_writepages:
 	trace_ext4_writepages_result(inode, wbc, ret,
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -483,15 +483,15 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_writepages,
 );
 
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_pages,
-	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, pgoff_t first_page,
+	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t start_pos,
 		 struct writeback_control *wbc),
 
-	TP_ARGS(inode, first_page, wbc),
+	TP_ARGS(inode, start_pos, wbc),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
 		__field(	ino_t,	ino			)
-		__field(      pgoff_t,	first_page		)
+		__field(       loff_t,	start_pos		)
 		__field(	 long,	nr_to_write		)
 		__field(	  int,	sync_mode		)
 	),
@@ -499,15 +499,14 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_pages,
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->dev		= inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		__entry->ino		= inode->i_ino;
-		__entry->first_page	= first_page;
+		__entry->start_pos	= start_pos;
 		__entry->nr_to_write	= wbc->nr_to_write;
 		__entry->sync_mode	= wbc->sync_mode;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu first_page %lu nr_to_write %ld "
-		  "sync_mode %d",
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu start_pos 0x%llx nr_to_write %ld sync_mode %d",
 		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->first_page,
+		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->start_pos,
 		  __entry->nr_to_write, __entry->sync_mode)
 );
 

[PATCH 6.16 2/9] ext4: move the calculation of wbc->nr_to_write to mpage_folio_done()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit f922c8c2461b022a2efd9914484901fb358a5b2a upstream.

mpage_folio_done() should be a more appropriate place than
mpage_submit_folio() for updating the wbc->nr_to_write after we have
submitted a fully mapped folio. Preparing to make mpage_submit_folio()
allows to submit partially mapped folio that is still under processing.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-3-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2027,6 +2027,7 @@ int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct inode
 static void mpage_folio_done(struct mpage_da_data *mpd, struct folio *folio)
 {
 	mpd->start_pos += folio_size(folio);
+	mpd->wbc->nr_to_write -= folio_nr_pages(folio);
 	folio_unlock(folio);
 }
 
@@ -2057,8 +2058,6 @@ static int mpage_submit_folio(struct mpa
 	    !ext4_verity_in_progress(mpd->inode))
 		len = size & (len - 1);
 	err = ext4_bio_write_folio(&mpd->io_submit, folio, len);
-	if (!err)
-		mpd->wbc->nr_to_write -= folio_nr_pages(folio);
 
 	return err;
 }

[PATCH 6.16 3/9] ext4: fix stale data if it bail out of the extents mapping loop

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit ded2d726a3041fce8afd88005cbfe15cd4737702 upstream.

During the process of writing back folios, if
mpage_map_and_submit_extent() exits the extent mapping loop due to an
ENOSPC or ENOMEM error, it may result in stale data or filesystem
inconsistency in environments where the block size is smaller than the
folio size.

When mapping a discontinuous folio in mpage_map_and_submit_extent(),
some buffers may have already be mapped. If we exit the mapping loop
prematurely, the folio data within the mapped range will not be written
back, and the file's disk size will not be updated. Once the transaction
that includes this range of extents is committed, this can lead to stale
data or filesystem inconsistency.

Fix this by submitting the current processing partially mapped folio.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-4-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2363,6 +2363,47 @@ static int mpage_map_one_extent(handle_t
 }
 
 /*
+ * This is used to submit mapped buffers in a single folio that is not fully
+ * mapped for various reasons, such as insufficient space or journal credits.
+ */
+static int mpage_submit_partial_folio(struct mpage_da_data *mpd)
+{
+	struct inode *inode = mpd->inode;
+	struct folio *folio;
+	loff_t pos;
+	int ret;
+
+	folio = filemap_get_folio(inode->i_mapping,
+				  mpd->start_pos >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (IS_ERR(folio))
+		return PTR_ERR(folio);
+	/*
+	 * The mapped position should be within the current processing folio
+	 * but must not be the folio start position.
+	 */
+	pos = ((loff_t)mpd->map.m_lblk) << inode->i_blkbits;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE((folio_pos(folio) == pos) ||
+			 !folio_contains(folio, pos >> PAGE_SHIFT)))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	ret = mpage_submit_folio(mpd, folio);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+	/*
+	 * Update start_pos to prevent this folio from being released in
+	 * mpage_release_unused_pages(), it will be reset to the aligned folio
+	 * pos when this folio is written again in the next round. Additionally,
+	 * do not update wbc->nr_to_write here, as it will be updated once the
+	 * entire folio has finished processing.
+	 */
+	mpd->start_pos = pos;
+out:
+	folio_unlock(folio);
+	folio_put(folio);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
  * mpage_map_and_submit_extent - map extent starting at mpd->lblk of length
  *				 mpd->len and submit pages underlying it for IO
  *
@@ -2412,8 +2453,16 @@ static int mpage_map_and_submit_extent(h
 			 */
 			if ((err == -ENOMEM) ||
 			    (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_count_free_clusters(sb))) {
-				if (progress)
+				/*
+				 * We may have already allocated extents for
+				 * some bhs inside the folio, issue the
+				 * corresponding data to prevent stale data.
+				 */
+				if (progress) {
+					if (mpage_submit_partial_folio(mpd))
+						goto invalidate_dirty_pages;
 					goto update_disksize;
+				}
 				return err;
 			}
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_CRIT,

[PATCH 6.16 4/9] ext4: refactor the block allocation process of ext4_page_mkwrite()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit 2bddafea3d0d85ee9ac3cf5ba9a4b2f2d2f50257 upstream.

The block allocation process and error handling in ext4_page_mkwrite()
is complex now. Refactor it by introducing a new helper function,
ext4_block_page_mkwrite(). It will call ext4_block_write_begin() to
allocate blocks instead of directly calling block_page_mkwrite().
Preparing to implement retry logic in a subsequent patch to address
situations where the reserved journal credits are insufficient.
Additionally, this modification will help prevent potential deadlocks
that may occur when waiting for folio writeback while holding the
transaction handle.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-5-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |   95 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------
 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6622,6 +6622,53 @@ static int ext4_bh_unmapped(handle_t *ha
 	return !buffer_mapped(bh);
 }
 
+static int ext4_block_page_mkwrite(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio,
+				   get_block_t get_block)
+{
+	handle_t *handle;
+	loff_t size;
+	unsigned long len;
+	int ret;
+
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
+				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
+	if (IS_ERR(handle))
+		return PTR_ERR(handle);
+
+	folio_lock(folio);
+	size = i_size_read(inode);
+	/* Page got truncated from under us? */
+	if (folio->mapping != inode->i_mapping || folio_pos(folio) > size) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_error;
+	}
+
+	len = folio_size(folio);
+	if (folio_pos(folio) + len > size)
+		len = size - folio_pos(folio);
+
+	ret = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, 0, len, get_block);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_error;
+
+	if (!ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
+		block_commit_write(folio, 0, len);
+		folio_mark_dirty(folio);
+	} else {
+		ret = ext4_journal_folio_buffers(handle, folio, len);
+		if (ret)
+			goto out_error;
+	}
+	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	folio_wait_stable(folio);
+	return ret;
+
+out_error:
+	folio_unlock(folio);
+	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 vm_fault_t ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
@@ -6633,8 +6680,7 @@ vm_fault_t ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_f
 	struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
-	handle_t *handle;
-	get_block_t *get_block;
+	get_block_t *get_block = ext4_get_block;
 	int retries = 0;
 
 	if (unlikely(IS_IMMUTABLE(inode)))
@@ -6702,46 +6748,9 @@ vm_fault_t ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_f
 	/* OK, we need to fill the hole... */
 	if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode))
 		get_block = ext4_get_block_unwritten;
-	else
-		get_block = ext4_get_block;
 retry_alloc:
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
-				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
-	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
-		ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	/*
-	 * Data journalling can't use block_page_mkwrite() because it
-	 * will set_buffer_dirty() before do_journal_get_write_access()
-	 * thus might hit warning messages for dirty metadata buffers.
-	 */
-	if (!ext4_should_journal_data(inode)) {
-		err = block_page_mkwrite(vma, vmf, get_block);
-	} else {
-		folio_lock(folio);
-		size = i_size_read(inode);
-		/* Page got truncated from under us? */
-		if (folio->mapping != mapping || folio_pos(folio) > size) {
-			ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
-			goto out_error;
-		}
-
-		len = folio_size(folio);
-		if (folio_pos(folio) + len > size)
-			len = size - folio_pos(folio);
-
-		err = ext4_block_write_begin(handle, folio, 0, len,
-					     ext4_get_block);
-		if (!err) {
-			ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-			if (ext4_journal_folio_buffers(handle, folio, len))
-				goto out_error;
-		} else {
-			folio_unlock(folio);
-		}
-	}
-	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
+	/* Start journal and allocate blocks */
+	err = ext4_block_page_mkwrite(inode, folio, get_block);
 	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
 		goto retry_alloc;
 out_ret:
@@ -6750,8 +6759,4 @@ out:
 	filemap_invalidate_unlock_shared(mapping);
 	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
-out_error:
-	folio_unlock(folio);
-	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
-	goto out;
 }

[PATCH 6.16 5/9] ext4: restart handle if credits are insufficient during allocating blocks

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit e2c4c49dee64ca2f42ad2958cbe1805de96b6732 upstream.

After large folios are supported on ext4, writing back a sufficiently
large and discontinuous folio may consume a significant number of
journal credits, placing considerable strain on the journal. For
example, in a 20GB filesystem with 1K block size and 1MB journal size,
writing back a 2MB folio could require thousands of credits in the
worst-case scenario (when each block is discontinuous and distributed
across different block groups), potentially exceeding the journal size.
This issue can also occur in ext4_write_begin() and ext4_page_mkwrite()
when delalloc is not enabled.

Fix this by ensuring that there are sufficient journal credits before
allocating an extent in mpage_map_one_extent() and
ext4_block_write_begin(). If there are not enough credits, return
-EAGAIN, exit the current mapping loop, restart a new handle and a new
transaction, and allocating blocks on this folio again in the next
iteration.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-6-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -877,6 +877,26 @@ static void ext4_update_bh_state(struct
 	} while (unlikely(!try_cmpxchg(&bh->b_state, &old_state, new_state)));
 }
 
+/*
+ * Make sure that the current journal transaction has enough credits to map
+ * one extent. Return -EAGAIN if it cannot extend the current running
+ * transaction.
+ */
+static inline int ext4_journal_ensure_extent_credits(handle_t *handle,
+						     struct inode *inode)
+{
+	int credits;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Called from ext4_da_write_begin() which has no handle started? */
+	if (!handle)
+		return 0;
+
+	credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, 1);
+	ret = __ext4_journal_ensure_credits(handle, credits, credits, 0);
+	return ret <= 0 ? ret : -EAGAIN;
+}
+
 static int _ext4_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
 			   struct buffer_head *bh, int flags)
 {
@@ -1175,7 +1195,9 @@ int ext4_block_write_begin(handle_t *han
 			clear_buffer_new(bh);
 		if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
 			WARN_ON(bh->b_size != blocksize);
-			err = get_block(inode, block, bh, 1);
+			err = ext4_journal_ensure_extent_credits(handle, inode);
+			if (!err)
+				err = get_block(inode, block, bh, 1);
 			if (err)
 				break;
 			if (buffer_new(bh)) {
@@ -1374,8 +1396,9 @@ retry_journal:
 				ext4_orphan_del(NULL, inode);
 		}
 
-		if (ret == -ENOSPC &&
-		    ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+		if (ret == -EAGAIN ||
+		    (ret == -ENOSPC &&
+		     ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)))
 			goto retry_journal;
 		folio_put(folio);
 		return ret;
@@ -2324,6 +2347,11 @@ static int mpage_map_one_extent(handle_t
 	int get_blocks_flags;
 	int err, dioread_nolock;
 
+	/* Make sure transaction has enough credits for this extent */
+	err = ext4_journal_ensure_extent_credits(handle, inode);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
+
 	trace_ext4_da_write_pages_extent(inode, map);
 	/*
 	 * Call ext4_map_blocks() to allocate any delayed allocation blocks, or
@@ -2451,7 +2479,7 @@ static int mpage_map_and_submit_extent(h
 			 * In the case of ENOSPC, if ext4_count_free_blocks()
 			 * is non-zero, a commit should free up blocks.
 			 */
-			if ((err == -ENOMEM) ||
+			if ((err == -ENOMEM) || (err == -EAGAIN) ||
 			    (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_count_free_clusters(sb))) {
 				/*
 				 * We may have already allocated extents for
@@ -2957,6 +2985,8 @@ retry:
 			ret = 0;
 			continue;
 		}
+		if (ret == -EAGAIN)
+			ret = 0;
 		/* Fatal error - ENOMEM, EIO... */
 		if (ret)
 			break;
@@ -6751,7 +6781,8 @@ vm_fault_t ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_f
 retry_alloc:
 	/* Start journal and allocate blocks */
 	err = ext4_block_page_mkwrite(inode, folio, get_block);
-	if (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
+	if (err == -EAGAIN ||
+	    (err == -ENOSPC && ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries)))
 		goto retry_alloc;
 out_ret:
 	ret = vmf_fs_error(err);

[PATCH 6.16 6/9] ext4: enhance tracepoints during the folios writeback

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit 6b132759b0fe78e518abafb62190c294100db6d6 upstream.

After mpage_map_and_submit_extent() supports restarting handle if
credits are insufficient during allocating blocks, it is more likely to
exit the current mapping iteration and continue to process the current
processing partially mapped folio again. The existing tracepoints are
not sufficient to track this situation, so enhance the tracepoints to
track the writeback position and the return value before and after
submitting the folios.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-7-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c             |    5 ++++-
 include/trace/events/ext4.h |   42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2936,7 +2936,8 @@ retry:
 		}
 		mpd->do_map = 1;
 
-		trace_ext4_da_write_pages(inode, mpd->start_pos, wbc);
+		trace_ext4_da_write_folios_start(inode, mpd->start_pos,
+				mpd->next_pos, wbc);
 		ret = mpage_prepare_extent_to_map(mpd);
 		if (!ret && mpd->map.m_len)
 			ret = mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle, mpd,
@@ -2974,6 +2975,8 @@ retry:
 		} else
 			ext4_put_io_end(mpd->io_submit.io_end);
 		mpd->io_submit.io_end = NULL;
+		trace_ext4_da_write_folios_end(inode, mpd->start_pos,
+				mpd->next_pos, wbc, ret);
 
 		if (ret == -ENOSPC && sbi->s_journal) {
 			/*
--- a/include/trace/events/ext4.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/ext4.h
@@ -482,16 +482,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_writepages,
 		  (unsigned long) __entry->writeback_index)
 );
 
-TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_pages,
-	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t start_pos,
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_folios_start,
+	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t start_pos, loff_t next_pos,
 		 struct writeback_control *wbc),
 
-	TP_ARGS(inode, start_pos, wbc),
+	TP_ARGS(inode, start_pos, next_pos, wbc),
 
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
 		__field(	ino_t,	ino			)
 		__field(       loff_t,	start_pos		)
+		__field(       loff_t,	next_pos		)
 		__field(	 long,	nr_to_write		)
 		__field(	  int,	sync_mode		)
 	),
@@ -500,16 +501,47 @@ TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_pages,
 		__entry->dev		= inode->i_sb->s_dev;
 		__entry->ino		= inode->i_ino;
 		__entry->start_pos	= start_pos;
+		__entry->next_pos	= next_pos;
 		__entry->nr_to_write	= wbc->nr_to_write;
 		__entry->sync_mode	= wbc->sync_mode;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu start_pos 0x%llx nr_to_write %ld sync_mode %d",
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu start_pos 0x%llx next_pos 0x%llx nr_to_write %ld sync_mode %d",
 		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
-		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->start_pos,
+		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->start_pos, __entry->next_pos,
 		  __entry->nr_to_write, __entry->sync_mode)
 );
 
+TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_folios_end,
+	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, loff_t start_pos, loff_t next_pos,
+		 struct writeback_control *wbc, int ret),
+
+	TP_ARGS(inode, start_pos, next_pos, wbc, ret),
+
+	TP_STRUCT__entry(
+		__field(	dev_t,	dev			)
+		__field(	ino_t,	ino			)
+		__field(       loff_t,	start_pos		)
+		__field(       loff_t,	next_pos		)
+		__field(	 long,	nr_to_write		)
+		__field(	  int,	ret			)
+	),
+
+	TP_fast_assign(
+		__entry->dev		= inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+		__entry->ino		= inode->i_ino;
+		__entry->start_pos	= start_pos;
+		__entry->next_pos	= next_pos;
+		__entry->nr_to_write	= wbc->nr_to_write;
+		__entry->ret		= ret;
+	),
+
+	TP_printk("dev %d,%d ino %lu start_pos 0x%llx next_pos 0x%llx nr_to_write %ld ret %d",
+		  MAJOR(__entry->dev), MINOR(__entry->dev),
+		  (unsigned long) __entry->ino, __entry->start_pos, __entry->next_pos,
+		  __entry->nr_to_write, __entry->ret)
+);
+
 TRACE_EVENT(ext4_da_write_pages_extent,
 	TP_PROTO(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_map_blocks *map),
 

[PATCH 6.16 7/9] ext4: correct the reserved credits for extent conversion

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit 95ad8ee45cdbc321c135a2db895d48b374ef0f87 upstream.

Now, we reserve journal credits for converting extents in only one page
to written state when the I/O operation is complete. This is
insufficient when large folio is enabled.

Fix this by reserving credits for converting up to one extent per block in
the largest 2MB folio, this calculation should only involve extents index
and leaf blocks, so it should not estimate too many credits.

Fixes: 7ac67301e82f ("ext4: enable large folio for regular file")
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-8-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |    6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2850,12 +2850,12 @@ static int ext4_do_writepages(struct mpa
 	mpd->journalled_more_data = 0;
 
 	if (ext4_should_dioread_nolock(inode)) {
+		int bpf = ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode);
 		/*
 		 * We may need to convert up to one extent per block in
-		 * the page and we may dirty the inode.
+		 * the folio and we may dirty the inode.
 		 */
-		rsv_blocks = 1 + ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode,
-						PAGE_SIZE >> inode->i_blkbits);
+		rsv_blocks = 1 + ext4_ext_index_trans_blocks(inode, bpf);
 	}
 
 	if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)

[PATCH 6.16 8/9] ext4: reserved credits for one extent during the folio writeback

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit bbbf150f3f85619569ac19dc6458cca7c492e715 upstream.

After ext4 supports large folios, reserving journal credits for one
maximum-ordered folio based on the worst case cenario during the
writeback process can easily exceed the maximum transaction credits.
Additionally, reserving journal credits for one page is also no
longer appropriate.

Currently, the folio writeback process can either extend the journal
credits or initiate a new transaction if the currently reserved journal
credits are insufficient. Therefore, it can be modified to reserve
credits for only one extent at the outset. In most cases involving
continuous mapping, these credits are generally adequate, and we may
only need to perform some basic credit expansion. However, in extreme
cases where the block size and folio size differ significantly, or when
the folios are sufficiently discontinuous, it may be necessary to
restart a new transaction and resubmit the folios.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-9-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |   25 ++++++++-----------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2548,21 +2548,6 @@ update_disksize:
 	return err;
 }
 
-/*
- * Calculate the total number of credits to reserve for one writepages
- * iteration. This is called from ext4_writepages(). We map an extent of
- * up to MAX_WRITEPAGES_EXTENT_LEN blocks and then we go on and finish mapping
- * the last partial page. So in total we can map MAX_WRITEPAGES_EXTENT_LEN +
- * bpp - 1 blocks in bpp different extents.
- */
-static int ext4_da_writepages_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode)
-{
-	int bpp = ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode);
-
-	return ext4_meta_trans_blocks(inode,
-				MAX_WRITEPAGES_EXTENT_LEN + bpp - 1, bpp);
-}
-
 static int ext4_journal_folio_buffers(handle_t *handle, struct folio *folio,
 				     size_t len)
 {
@@ -2919,8 +2904,14 @@ retry:
 		 * not supported by delalloc.
 		 */
 		BUG_ON(ext4_should_journal_data(inode));
-		needed_blocks = ext4_da_writepages_trans_blocks(inode);
-
+		/*
+		 * Calculate the number of credits needed to reserve for one
+		 * extent of up to MAX_WRITEPAGES_EXTENT_LEN blocks. It will
+		 * attempt to extend the transaction or start a new iteration
+		 * if the reserved credits are insufficient.
+		 */
+		needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode,
+						MAX_WRITEPAGES_EXTENT_LEN);
 		/* start a new transaction */
 		handle = ext4_journal_start_with_reserve(inode,
 				EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, needed_blocks, rsv_blocks);

[PATCH 6.16 9/9] ext4: replace ext4_writepage_trans_blocks()

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

6.16-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>

commit 57661f28756c59510e31543520b5b8f5e591f384 upstream.

After ext4 supports large folios, the semantics of reserving credits in
pages is no longer applicable. In most scenarios, reserving credits in
extents is sufficient. Therefore, introduce ext4_chunk_trans_extent()
to replace ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(). move_extent_per_page() is the
only remaining location where we are still processing extents in pages.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250707140814.542883-10-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/ext4/ext4.h        |    2 +-
 fs/ext4/extents.c     |    6 +++---
 fs/ext4/inline.c      |    6 +++---
 fs/ext4/inode.c       |   33 +++++++++++++++------------------
 fs/ext4/move_extent.c |    3 ++-
 fs/ext4/xattr.c       |    2 +-
 6 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3064,9 +3064,9 @@ extern int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *
 extern void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *, bool init);
 extern int ext4_alloc_da_blocks(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ext4_set_aops(struct inode *inode);
-extern int ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(struct inode *);
 extern int ext4_normal_submit_inode_data_buffers(struct jbd2_inode *jinode);
 extern int ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(struct inode *, int nrblocks);
+extern int ext4_chunk_trans_extent(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks);
 extern int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode, int lblocks,
 				  int pextents);
 extern int ext4_zero_partial_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -5171,7 +5171,7 @@ ext4_ext_shift_path_extents(struct ext4_
 				credits = depth + 2;
 			}
 
-			restart_credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+			restart_credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
 			err = ext4_datasem_ensure_credits(handle, inode, credits,
 					restart_credits, 0);
 			if (err) {
@@ -5431,7 +5431,7 @@ static int ext4_collapse_range(struct fi
 
 	truncate_pagecache(inode, start);
 
-	credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+	credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -5527,7 +5527,7 @@ static int ext4_insert_range(struct file
 
 	truncate_pagecache(inode, start);
 
-	credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+	credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 0);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int ext4_convert_inline_data_to_e
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+	needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);
 
 	ret = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ int ext4_inline_data_truncate(struct ino
 	};
 
 
-	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+	needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_INODE, needed_blocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
@@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ int ext4_convert_inline_data(struct inod
 			return 0;
 	}
 
-	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+	needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);
 
 	iloc.bh = NULL;
 	error = ext4_get_inode_loc(inode, &iloc);
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -1296,7 +1296,8 @@ static int ext4_write_begin(struct file
 	 * Reserve one block more for addition to orphan list in case
 	 * we allocate blocks but write fails for some reason
 	 */
-	needed_blocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
+	needed_blocks = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode,
+			ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode)) + 1;
 	index = pos >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 
 	if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)) {
@@ -4464,7 +4465,7 @@ int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, l
 		return ret;
 
 	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
-		credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+		credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 2);
 	else
 		credits = ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode);
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_TRUNCATE, credits);
@@ -4613,7 +4614,7 @@ int ext4_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	}
 
 	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))
-		credits = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode);
+		credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1);
 	else
 		credits = ext4_blocks_for_truncate(inode);
 
@@ -6256,25 +6257,19 @@ int ext4_meta_trans_blocks(struct inode
 }
 
 /*
- * Calculate the total number of credits to reserve to fit
- * the modification of a single pages into a single transaction,
- * which may include multiple chunks of block allocations.
- *
- * This could be called via ext4_write_begin()
- *
- * We need to consider the worse case, when
- * one new block per extent.
+ * Calculate the journal credits for modifying the number of blocks
+ * in a single extent within one transaction. 'nrblocks' is used only
+ * for non-extent inodes. For extent type inodes, 'nrblocks' can be
+ * zero if the exact number of blocks is unknown.
  */
-int ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(struct inode *inode)
+int ext4_chunk_trans_extent(struct inode *inode, int nrblocks)
 {
-	int bpp = ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode);
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ext4_meta_trans_blocks(inode, bpp, bpp);
-
+	ret = ext4_meta_trans_blocks(inode, nrblocks, 1);
 	/* Account for data blocks for journalled mode */
 	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
-		ret += bpp;
+		ret += nrblocks;
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -6652,10 +6647,12 @@ static int ext4_block_page_mkwrite(struc
 	handle_t *handle;
 	loff_t size;
 	unsigned long len;
+	int credits;
 	int ret;
 
-	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE,
-				    ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode));
+	credits = ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode,
+			ext4_journal_blocks_per_folio(inode));
+	handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_WRITE_PAGE, credits);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle))
 		return PTR_ERR(handle);
 
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ move_extent_per_page(struct file *o_filp
 	 */
 again:
 	*err = 0;
-	jblocks = ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(orig_inode) * 2;
+	jblocks = ext4_meta_trans_blocks(orig_inode, block_len_in_page,
+					 block_len_in_page) * 2;
 	handle = ext4_journal_start(orig_inode, EXT4_HT_MOVE_EXTENTS, jblocks);
 	if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
 		*err = PTR_ERR(handle);
--- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ int __ext4_xattr_set_credits(struct supe
 	 * so we need to reserve credits for this eventuality
 	 */
 	if (inode && ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
-		credits += ext4_writepage_trans_blocks(inode) + 1;
+		credits += ext4_chunk_trans_extent(inode, 1) + 1;
 
 	/* We are done if ea_inode feature is not enabled. */
 	if (!ext4_has_feature_ea_inode(sb))

Re: [PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Ronald Warsow]

Hi

no regressions here on x86_64 (RKL, Intel 11th Gen. CPU)

Thanks

Tested-by: Ronald Warsow <rwarsow@gmx.de>

Re: [PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Takeshi Ogasawara]

Hi Greg

On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 9:39 PM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.16.3 release.
> There are 9 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:35:08 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>         https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.16.3-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.16.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>

6.16.3-rc1 tested.

Build successfully completed.
Boot successfully completed.
No dmesg regressions.
Video output normal.
Sound output normal.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen10(Intel i7-1260P(x86_64) arch linux)

[    0.000000] Linux version 6.16.3-rc1rv-g3fb8628191b4
(takeshi@ThinkPadX1Gen10J0764) (gcc (GCC) 15.2.1 20250813, GNU ld (GNU
Binutils) 2.45.0) #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Aug 22 23:37:39 JST 2025

Thanks

Tested-by: Takeshi Ogasawara <takeshi.ogasawara@futuring-girl.com>

Re: [PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Florian Fainelli]

On 8/22/25 05:37, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.16.3 release.
> There are 9 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
> 
> Responses should be made by Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:35:08 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
> 
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> 	https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.16.3-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
> 	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.16.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h


On ARCH_BRCMSTB using 32-bit and 64-bit ARM kernels, build tested on 
BMIPS_GENERIC:

Tested-by: Florian Fainelli <florian.fainelli@broadcom.com>
-- 
Florian

Re: [PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Peter Schneider]

Am 22.08.2025 um 14:37 schrieb Greg Kroah-Hartman:
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.16.3 release.
> There are 9 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.

Builds, boots and works on my 2-socket Ivy Bridge Xeon E5-2697 v2 server. No dmesg oddities or regressions found.

Tested-by: Peter Schneider <pschneider1968@googlemail.com>


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Re: [PATCH 6.16 0/9] 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Naresh Kamboju]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2025 at 18:07, Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.16.3 release.
> There are 9 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> let me know.
>
> Responses should be made by Sun, 24 Aug 2025 12:35:08 +0000.
> Anything received after that time might be too late.
>
> The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
>         https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/stable-review/patch-6.16.3-rc1.gz
> or in the git tree and branch at:
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.16.y
> and the diffstat can be found below.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

Results from Linaro’s test farm.
No regressions on arm64, arm, x86_64, and i386.

Tested-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>

NOTE:
The reported warning has been resolved in this review cycle.
WARNING: fs/jbd2/transaction.c:334 at start_this_handle

## Build
* kernel: 6.16.3-rc1
* git: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git
* git commit: 3fb8628191b4a7d912baf880840804056f3f44ad
* git describe: v6.16.2-10-g3fb8628191b4
* test details:
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-stable-rc-linux-6.16.y/build/v6.16.2-10-g3fb8628191b4

## Test Regressions (compared to v6.16-1186-gb81166f7d590)

## Metric Regressions (compared to v6.16-1186-gb81166f7d590)

## Test Fixes (compared to v6.16-1186-gb81166f7d590)

## Metric Fixes (compared to v6.16-1186-gb81166f7d590)

## Test result summary
total: 348595, pass: 321612, fail: 6867, skip: 20116, xfail: 0

## Build Summary
* arc: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* arm: 139 total, 138 passed, 1 failed
* arm64: 57 total, 56 passed, 1 failed
* i386: 18 total, 18 passed, 0 failed
* mips: 34 total, 27 passed, 7 failed
* parisc: 4 total, 4 passed, 0 failed
* powerpc: 40 total, 39 passed, 1 failed
* riscv: 25 total, 24 passed, 1 failed
* s390: 22 total, 22 passed, 0 failed
* sh: 5 total, 5 passed, 0 failed
* sparc: 4 total, 3 passed, 1 failed
* x86_64: 49 total, 48 passed, 1 failed

## Test suites summary
* boot
* commands
* kselftest-arm64
* kselftest-breakpoints
* kselftest-capabilities
* kselftest-cgroup
* kselftest-clone3
* kselftest-core
* kselftest-cpu-hotplug
* kselftest-cpufreq
* kselftest-efivarfs
* kselftest-exec
* kselftest-fpu
* kselftest-ftrace
* kselftest-futex
* kselftest-gpio
* kselftest-intel_pstate
* kselftest-ipc
* kselftest-kcmp
* kselftest-kvm
* kselftest-livepatch
* kselftest-membarrier
* kselftest-memfd
* kselftest-mincore
* kselftest-mm
* kselftest-mqueue
* kselftest-net
* kselftest-net-mptcp
* kselftest-openat2
* kselftest-ptrace
* kselftest-rseq
* kselftest-rtc
* kselftest-rust
* kselftest-seccomp
* kselftest-sigaltstack
* kselftest-size
* kselftest-tc-testing
* kselftest-timers
* kselftest-tmpfs
* kselftest-tpm2
* kselftest-user_events
* kselftest-vDSO
* kselftest-x86
* kunit
* kvm-unit-tests
* lava
* libgpiod
* libhugetlbfs
* log-parser-boot
* log-parser-build-clang
* log-parser-build-gcc
* log-parser-test
* ltp-capability
* ltp-commands
* ltp-containers
* ltp-controllers
* ltp-cpuhotplug
* ltp-crypto
* ltp-cve
* ltp-dio
* ltp-fcntl-locktests
* ltp-fs
* ltp-fs_bind
* ltp-fs_perms_simple
* ltp-hugetlb
* ltp-math
* ltp-mm
* ltp-nptl
* ltp-pty
* ltp-sched
* ltp-smoke
* ltp-syscalls
* ltp-tracing
* modules
* perf
* rcutorture
* rt-tests-cyclicdeadline
* rt-tests-pi-stress
* rt-tests-pmqtest
* rt-tests-rt-migrate-test
* rt-tests-signaltest

--
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https://lkft.linaro.org

Re: 6.16.3-rc1 review

[Brett A C Sheffield]

UDP broadcast is broken in this kernel - the destination ethernet address field is mangled. See:

 https://lore.kernel.org/regressions/20250823121336.18492-4-bacs@librecast.net/

As this is bug-for-bug compatible with mainline, I believe stable policy is to
wait until this is fixed there before backporting a fix.

All other Librecast network tests passing.

# Librecast Test Results

010/010 [ OK ] libmld
120/120 [ OK ] liblibrecast

CPU/kernel: Linux auntie 6.16.3-rc1-g3fb8628191b4 #47 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sat Aug 23 12:39:17 -00 2025 x86_64 AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 16-Core Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

Tested-by: Brett A C Sheffield <bacs@librecast.net>