btrfs: fix u32 to s64 type conversion in dirty_metadata_bytes accounting

The percpu_counter dirty_metadata_bytes is updated by negating eb->len
and passing it to percpu_counter_add_batch(), whose amount parameter is
s64.  Since commit 84cda1a608 ("btrfs: cache folio size and shift in
extent_buffer"), eb->len is u32.  The u32 result of -eb->len, when
widened to the s64 parameter, becomes a large positive value instead of
the intended negative value.  For eb->len == 16384 the counter adds
+4294950912 instead of subtracting 16384.

The counter therefore grows on every metadata writeback instead of
shrinking by the extent buffer size, permanently exceeding
BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH and causing __btrfs_btree_balance_dirty()
to trigger balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited() unconditionally, adding
unnecessary writeback pressure.

Cast eb->len to s64 before negation at both call sites so the
subtraction is performed in signed 64-bit arithmetic.

Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Fixes: 84cda1a608 ("btrfs: cache folio size and shift in extent_buffer")
Signed-off-by: Dave Chen <davechen@synology.com>
Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
This commit is contained in:
Dave Chen
2026-06-29 15:08:43 +08:00
committed by David Sterba
parent f0c1f14cc1
commit 8b5a09ceb6

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@@ -2004,7 +2004,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack bool lock_extent_buffer_for_io(struct extent_buffer *e
btrfs_set_header_flag(eb, BTRFS_HEADER_FLAG_WRITTEN);
percpu_counter_add_batch(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
-eb->len,
-(s64)eb->len,
fs_info->dirty_metadata_batch);
ret = true;
} else {
@@ -3774,7 +3774,7 @@ void btrfs_clear_buffer_dirty(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
return;
buffer_tree_clear_mark(eb, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
percpu_counter_add_batch(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes, -eb->len,
percpu_counter_add_batch(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes, -(s64)eb->len,
fs_info->dirty_metadata_batch);
for (int i = 0; i < num_extent_folios(eb); i++) {