Currently in ext4_alloc_file_blocks() the number of credits is calculated only once before we enter the allocation loop. However within the allocation loop the extent tree depth can change, hence the number of credits needed can increase potentially exceeding the number of credits reserved in the handle which can cause journal failures. Fix this by recalculating number of credits when the inode depth changes. Note that even though ext4_alloc_file_blocks() is only currently used by extent base inodes we will avoid recalculating number of credits unnecessarily in the case of indirect based inodes. Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index e003a1e..13c5ebf 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -4663,6 +4663,7 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset, int ret = 0; int ret2 = 0; int retries = 0; + int depth = 0; struct ext4_map_blocks map; unsigned int credits; loff_t epos; @@ -4681,9 +4682,24 @@ static int ext4_alloc_file_blocks(struct file *file, ext4_lblk_t offset, * credits to insert 1 extent into extent tree */ credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, len); + /* + * We can only call ext_depth() on extent based inodes + */ + if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS)) + depth = ext_depth(inode); + else + depth = -1; retry: while (ret >= 0 && len) { + /* + * Recalculate credits when extent tree depth changes. + */ + if (depth >= 0 && depth != ext_depth(inode)) { + credits = ext4_chunk_trans_blocks(inode, len); + depth = ext_depth(inode); + } + handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, EXT4_HT_MAP_BLOCKS, credits); if (IS_ERR(handle)) { -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html