Estimate for the number of credits needed for final freeing of inode in ext4_evict_inode() was to small. We may modify 4 blocks (inode & sb for orphan deletion, bitmap & group descriptor for inode freeing) and not just 3. Fixes: e50e5129f384 ("ext4: xattr-in-inode support") CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c index 516faa280ced..e6b631d50c26 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ void ext4_evict_inode(struct inode *inode) { handle_t *handle; int err; - int extra_credits = 3; + /* + * Credits for final inode cleanup and freeing: + * sb + inode (ext4_orphan_del()), block bitmap, group descriptor + * (xattr block freeind), bitmap, group descriptor (inode freeing) + */ + int extra_credits = 6; struct ext4_xattr_inode_array *ea_inode_array = NULL; trace_ext4_evict_inode(inode); -- 2.16.4