If filesystem groups are artifically small (using parameter -g to mkfs.ext4), ext4_mb_normalize_request() can result in a request that is larger than a block group. Trim the request size to not confuse allocation code. Reported-by: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mballoc.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index 7ae43c59bc79..2e9fc7a61048 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -3123,6 +3123,13 @@ ext4_mb_normalize_request(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac, if (ar->pright && start + size - 1 >= ar->lright) size -= start + size - ar->lright; + /* + * Trim allocation request for filesystems with artificially small + * groups. + */ + if (size > EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(ac->ac_sb)) + size = EXT4_BLOCKS_PER_GROUP(ac->ac_sb); + end = start + size; /* check we don't cross already preallocated blocks */ -- 2.10.2 -- 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
