linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/6] ext4: fix insufficient credits when writing back large folios

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Message-ID: <20250611111625.1668035-1-yi.zhang@huaweicloud.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:16:19 +0800
From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@...weicloud.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 0/6] ext4: fix insufficient credits when writing back large folios

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

Changes since v1:
 - Make the write-back process supports writing a partial folio if it
   exits the mapping loop prematurely due to insufficient sapce or
   journal credits, it also fix the potential stale data and
   inconsistency issues.
 - Fix the same issue regarding the allocation of blocks in
   ext4_write_begin() and ext4_page_mkwrite() when delalloc is not
   enabled.

This series addresses the issue that Jan pointed out regarding large
folios support for ext4[1]. The problem is that the credits calculation
may insufficient in ext4_meta_trans_blocks() when allocating blocks
during write back a sufficiently large and discontinuous folio, it
doesn't involve the credits for updating bitmap and group descriptor
block. However, if we fix this issue, it may lead to significant
overestimation on the some filesystems with a lot of block groups.

The solution involves first ensure that the current journal transaction
has enough credits when we mapping an extent during allocating blocks.
Then if the credits reach the upper limit, exit the current mapping
loop, submit the partial folio and restart a new transaction. Finally,
fix the wrong credits calculation in ext4_meta_trans_blocks(). Please
see the following patches for details.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ext4/ht54j6bvjmiqt62xmcveqlo7bmrunqs4ji7wikfteftdjijzek@7tz5gpejaoen/

Thanks,
Yi.

Zhang Yi (6):
  ext4: move the calculation of wbc->nr_to_write to mpage_folio_done()
  ext4: fix stale data if it bail out of the extents mapping loop
  ext4: restart handle if credits are insufficient during allocating
    blocks
  ext4: correct the reserved credits for extent conversion
  ext4/jbd2: reintroduce jbd2_journal_blocks_per_page()
  ext4: fix insufficient credits calculation in ext4_meta_trans_blocks()

 fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h  |   7 +++
 fs/ext4/inode.c      | 118 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 fs/jbd2/journal.c    |   6 +++
 include/linux/jbd2.h |   1 +
 4 files changed, 113 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

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