Re: [PATCH v2] f2fs: fix to preserve previous reserve_{blocks,node} value when remount
From: Chao Yu
Date: Tue Mar 24 2026 - 04:05:30 EST
Jaegeuk,
I guess you may missed this email. :)
On 3/9/26 10:49, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 3/5/26 11:22, Zhiguo Niu wrote:
>> The following steps will change previous value of reserve_{blocks,node},
>> this dones not match the original intention.
>>
>> 1.mount -t f2fs -o reserve_root=8192 imgfile test_mount/
>> F2FS-fs (loop56): Mounted with checkpoint version = 1b69f8c7
>> mount info:
>> /dev/block/loop56 on /data/test_mount type f2fs (xxx,reserve_root=8192,reserve_node=0,resuid=0,resgid=0,xxx)
>>
>> 2.mount -t f2fs -o remount,reserve_root=4096 /data/test_mount
>> F2FS-fs (loop56): Preserve previous reserve_root=8192
>> check mount info: reserve_root change to 4096
>> /dev/block/loop56 on /data/test_mount type f2fs (xxx,reserve_root=4096,reserve_node=0,resuid=0,resgid=0,xxx)
>>
>> Prior to commit d18535132523 ("f2fs: separate the options parsing and options checking"),
>> the value of reserve_{blocks,node} was only set during the first mount, along with
>> the corresponding mount option F2FS_MOUNT_RESERVE_{ROOT,NODE} . If the mount option
>> F2FS_MOUNT_RESERVE_{ROOT,NODE} was found to have been set during the mount/remount,
>> the previously value of reserve_{blocks,node} would also be preserved, as shown in
>> the code below.
>> if (test_opt(sbi, RESERVE_ROOT)) {
>> f2fs_info(sbi, "Preserve previous reserve_root=%u",
>> F2FS_OPTION(sbi).root_reserved_blocks);
>> } else {
>> F2FS_OPTION(sbi).root_reserved_blocks = arg;
>> set_opt(sbi, RESERVE_ROOT);
>> }
>> But commit d18535132523 ("f2fs: separate the options parsing and options checking")
>> only preserved the previous mount option; it did not preserve the previous value of
>> reserve_{blocks,node}. Since value of reserve_{blocks,node} value is assigned
>> or not depends on ctx->spec_mask, ctx->spec_mask should be alos handled in
>> f2fs_check_opt_consistency.
>>
>> This patch will clear the corresponding ctx->spec_mask bits in f2fs_check_opt_consistency
>> to preserve the previously values of reserve_{blocks,node} if it already have a value.
>>
>> Fixes: d18535132523 ("f2fs: separate the options parsing and options checking")
>> Signed-off-by: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> v2: add more detail info in commit msg suggested by Chao
>
> Thanks Zhiguo, the commit message makes sense to me, and it looks good now.
>
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks,
>