FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x b1d682f1990c19fb1d5b97d13266210457092bcd
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026033009-straw-negate-ff79@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From b1d682f1990c19fb1d5b97d13266210457092bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 10:53:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context

Fix an issue arising when ext4 features has_journal, ea_inode, and encrypt
are activated simultaneously, leading to ENOSPC when creating an encrypted
file.

Fix by passing XATTR_CREATE flag to xattr_set_handle function if a handle
is specified, i.e., when the function is called in the control flow of
creating a new inode. This aligns the number of jbd2 credits set_handle
checks for with the number allocated for creating a new inode.

ext4_set_context must not be called with a non-null handle (fs_data) if
fscrypt context xattr is not guaranteed to not exist yet. The only other
usage of this function currently is when handling the ioctl
FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY, which calls it with fs_data=NULL.

Fixes: c1a5d5f6ab21eb7e ("ext4: improve journal credit handling in set xattr paths")

Co-developed-by: Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Anthony Durrer <anthonydev@fastmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Simon Weber <simon.weber.39@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260207100148.724275-4-simon.weber.39@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@kernel.org

diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
index cf0a0970c095..f41f320f4437 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
@@ -163,10 +163,17 @@ static int ext4_set_context(struct inode *inode, const void *ctx, size_t len,
 	 */
 
 	if (handle) {
+		/*
+		 * Since the inode is new it is ok to pass the
+		 * XATTR_CREATE flag. This is necessary to match the
+		 * remaining journal credits check in the set_handle
+		 * function with the credits allocated for the new
+		 * inode.
+		 */
 		res = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode,
 					    EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION,
 					    EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT,
-					    ctx, len, 0);
+					    ctx, len, XATTR_CREATE);
 		if (!res) {
 			ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT);
 			ext4_clear_inode_state(inode,