Re: [syzbot] [ext4?] INFO: task hung in filename_rmdir

From: Edward Adam Davis

Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 20:19:04 EST


#syz test

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index ae3804f36535..4779da94f816 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4457,9 +4457,13 @@ int ext4_ext_map_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
path = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, &newex, flags);
if (IS_ERR(path)) {
err = PTR_ERR(path);
- if (allocated_clusters) {
+ /*
+ * Gracefully handle out of space conditions. If the filesystem
+ * is inconsistent, we'll just leak allocated blocks to avoid
+ * causing even more damage.
+ */
+ if (allocated_clusters && (err == -EDQUOT || err == -ENOSPC)) {
int fb_flags = 0;
-
/*
* free data blocks we just allocated.
* not a good idea to call discard here directly,