linux-ext4 - [PATCH 34/50] ext4: stop checking I_WILL_FREE|IFREEING in ext4_check_map_extents

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Message-ID: <0350442f4267245bb0104506c95c05a1cc42e96b.1755806649.git.josef@toxicpanda.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:18:45 -0400
From: Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>
To: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
	brauner@...nel.org,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk
Subject: [PATCH 34/50] ext4: stop checking I_WILL_FREE|IFREEING in ext4_check_map_extents_env

Instead check the refcount to see if the inode is alive.

Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@...icpanda.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 5b7a15db4953..7674c1f614b1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ void ext4_check_map_extents_env(struct inode *inode)
 	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ||
 	    IS_NOQUOTA(inode) || IS_VERITY(inode) ||
 	    is_special_ino(inode->i_sb, inode->i_ino) ||
-	    (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE | I_NEW)) ||
+	    ((inode->i_state & I_NEW) || !refcount_read(&inode->i_count)) ||
 	    ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EA_INODE) ||
 	    ext4_verity_in_progress(inode))
 		return;
-- 
2.49.0