From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F14833C19E for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:01:27 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787083288; cv=none; b=QWpMGpa3PLc5mcRqMOxhmfMMjaXSZxPURB4Co5PgmHA2tncpRWQT+DJ47YLhjiIUYQXhPOC9U2SnkFmq9p1hl8oKn9sk5uj80j7eRVYZsx80wL0Mvk6ekbrIVd+mH+DOi9ybMoyfZme5AkMlhJww2U918wOAe3tLLe6v6TZRgec= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1787083288; c=relaxed/simple; bh=NBxP5cZ4y/T/Yqc+LuqdLYlXWoBgi3LwWjORjEyjd7g=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=ICuuz+Bsau39aJzy+EKXqU7C8L9rLwR64gKllz4ig5VuYZtr46bK1koTNplMYDp4AwN7xLAMwjLUdOdVIZSQapASrzP1Inh7RKy9KdIC+NfGQ+2bbV82xzIf9XD+20FELLFRqjynn6wKYho/VVW+KDt5p52DuzMJ/LvHVGGwJ3Q= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=ji+zKFAn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="ji+zKFAn" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 276411F000E9; Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:01:27 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1787083287; bh=oApSZ+xjQqEGnmtA+2OFzN0u4dpf13tcnX0/NXjKHu0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date; b=ji+zKFAn9xvUtWV98Des7jh1qzOyQoeXFyUeV83Iw0PEbCFB/GUClwzFW7666lbQo uwcFgDn8T+DfGqxL5InK64aonW9iNZtV7Jd10C1uKe7WJSHaQqvuUBMWsKMLj3+R2S 7CQuwe3UoQgbGZbGZw82Yw/SBp2F+Tqjo0jdxgCPkzDkzQ4aXY9vguKGOQWqcQrJDV /yIEsEsGHyhqkIfJ7DUPM6iJXZKyUyfxp9iP30I9lGD/s7uYdhQMSRQieJ5J/0Mamf KKmqxVry3/EhfOrl3YgO9Fls1nnYBHKyvqCBxaP40jmWpppuQp3qBoyjVLnq0dqprZ QTggyKUfz7udQ== From: Jaegeuk Kim To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Jaegeuk Kim Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: don't leave the hashed inode while it's unlinked Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:01:21 +0000 Message-ID: <20260818200121.2684318-1-jaegeuk@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.55.0.737.g08866a6d13-goog Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit f2fs_symlink() 1. f2fs_new_inode 2. f2fs_add_link 3. page_symlink 4. flush dirty pages and or checkpoint Step 4 is nice to succeed, which doesn't become a reason to roll back the created symlink. OTOH, if we get an error till step 3, let's roll back and remove the cached inode. Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim --- fs/f2fs/namei.c | 26 +++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c index 37897f4321c0..7b318cee2ed6 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c @@ -704,14 +704,16 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir, f2fs_alloc_nid_done(sbi, inode->i_ino); err = fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(inode, symname, len, &disk_link); - if (err) - goto err_out; - - err = page_symlink(inode, disk_link.name, disk_link.len); + if (!err) + err = page_symlink(inode, disk_link.name, disk_link.len); -err_out: d_instantiate_new(dentry, inode); + if (err) { + f2fs_unlink(dir, dentry); + goto out_f2fs_handle_failed_inode; + } + /* * Let's flush symlink data in order to avoid broken symlink as much as * possible. Nevertheless, fsyncing is the best way, but there is no @@ -721,16 +723,10 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir, * If the symlink path is stored into inline_data, there is no * performance regression. */ - if (!err) { - err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, - disk_link.len - 1); - - if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) - err = f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1); - } - - if (err) - f2fs_unlink(dir, dentry); + err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, 0, + disk_link.len - 1); + if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir)) + f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1); f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, true); goto out_free_encrypted_link; -- 2.55.0.737.g08866a6d13-goog