Qu Wenruo 95ee223189 btrfs: check and set EXTENT_DELALLOC_NEW before clearing EXTENT_DELALLOC
[WARNING]
When running test cases with injected errors or shutdown, e.g.
generic/388 or generic/475, there is a chance that the following kernel
warning is triggered:

  BTRFS info (device dm-2): first mount of filesystem d8a19a28-3232-4809-b0df-38df83e71bff
  BTRFS info (device dm-2): using crc32c checksum algorithm
  BTRFS info (device dm-2): checking UUID tree
  BTRFS info (device dm-2): turning on async discard
  BTRFS info (device dm-2): enabling free space tree
  BTRFS critical (device dm-2 state E): emergency shutdown
  ------------[ cut here ]------------
  WARNING: extent_io.c:1742 at extent_writepage_io+0x437/0x520 [btrfs], CPU#2: kworker/u43:2/651591
  CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 651591 Comm: kworker/u43:2 Tainted: G        W  OE       7.0.0-rc6-custom+ #365 PREEMPT(full)  5804053f02137e627472d94b5128cc9fcb110e88
  RIP: 0010:extent_writepage_io+0x437/0x520 [btrfs]
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   extent_write_cache_pages+0x2a5/0x820 [btrfs 70299925d0856939e93b17d480651713b3cbba58]
   btrfs_writepages+0x74/0x130 [btrfs 70299925d0856939e93b17d480651713b3cbba58]
   do_writepages+0xd0/0x160
   __writeback_single_inode+0x42/0x340
   writeback_sb_inodes+0x22d/0x580
   wb_writeback+0xc6/0x360
   wb_workfn+0xbd/0x470
   process_one_work+0x198/0x3b0
   worker_thread+0x1c8/0x330
   kthread+0xee/0x120
   ret_from_fork+0x2a6/0x330
   ret_from_fork_asm+0x11/0x20
   </TASK>
  ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
  BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): root 5 ino 259 folio 1323008 is marked dirty without notifying the fs
  BTRFS error (device dm-2 state E): failed to submit blocks, root=5 inode=259 folio=1323008 submit_bitmap=0: -117
  BTRFS info (device dm-2 state E): last unmount of filesystem d8a19a28-3232-4809-b0df-38df83e71bff

[CAUSE]
Inside btrfs we have the following pattern in several locations, for
example inside btrfs_dirty_folio():

	btrfs_clear_extent_bit(&inode->io_tree, start_pos, end_of_last_block,
			       EXTENT_DELALLOC | EXTENT_DO_ACCOUNTING | EXTENT_DEFRAG,
			       cached);

	ret = btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(inode, start_pos, end_of_last_block,
					extra_bits, cached);
	if (ret)
		return ret;

However btrfs_set_extent_delalloc() can return IO errors other than -ENOMEM
through the following callchain:

 btrfs_set_extent_delalloc()
 \- btrfs_find_new_delalloc_bytes()
    \- btrfs_get_extent()
       \- btrfs_lookup_file_extent()
          \- btrfs_search_slot()

When such IO error happened, the previous btrfs_clear_extent_bit() has
cleared the EXTENT_DELALLOC for the range, and we're expecting
btrfs_set_extent_delalloc() to re-set EXTENT_DELALLOC.

But since btrfs_set_extent_delalloc() failed before
btrfs_set_extent_bit(), EXTENT_DELALLOC flag is no longer present.

And if the folio range is dirty before entering
btrfs_set_extent_delalloc(), we got a dirty folio but no EXTENT_DELALLOC
flag now.

Then we hit the folio writeback:

  extent_writepage()
  |- writepage_delalloc()
  |  No ordered extent is created, as there is no EXTENT_DELALLOC set
  |  for the folio range.
  |  This also means the folio has no ordered flag set.
  |
  |- extent_writepage_io()
     \- if (unlikely(!folio_test_ordered(folio))
        Now we hit the warning.

[FIX]
Introduce a new helper, btrfs_reset_extent_delalloc() to replace the
currently open-coded btrfs_clear_extent_bit() +
btrfs_set_extent_delalloc() combination.

Instead of calling btrfs_clear_extent_bit() first, update
EXTENT_DELALLOC_NEW first, as that part can fail due to metadata IO,
meanwhile btrfs_clear_extent_bit() and btrfs_set_extent_bit() won't
return any error but retry memory allocation until succeeded.

This allows us to fail early without clearing EXTENT_DELALLOC bit, so
even if that new btrfs_reset_extent_delalloc() failed before touching
EXTENT_DELALLOC, the existing dirty range will still have their old
EXTENT_DELALLOC flag present, thus avoid the warning.

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.1+
Reviewed-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
2026-06-08 15:53:29 +02:00
2026-01-26 19:07:09 -08:00
2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
2026-06-07 15:37:58 -07:00

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