linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] btrfs: clean up two FIXMEs related to btrfs_search

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Message-ID: <20260204140341.GQ26902@twin.jikos.cz>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 15:03:41 +0100
From: David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
To: Adarsh Das <adarshdas950@...il.com>
Cc: Chris Mason <clm@...com>, David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] btrfs: clean up two FIXMEs related to
 btrfs_search_slot output handling

On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 10:53:55PM +0530, Adarsh Das wrote:
> Both patches fix cases where a search with offset (u64)-1 gets an
> unexpected exact match. The first silently returned success, and the
> second crashed the kernel. Both now both log an error and return -EUCLEAN.
> 
> Adarsh Das (2):
>   btrfs: handle unexpected exact match in btrfs_set_inode_index_count()
>   btrfs: replace BUG() with error handling in __btrfs_balance()

Added to for-next, thanks.