[PATCH v3 3/3] xfs: check directory data block header padding in scrub

From: Yuto Ohnuki

Date: Sat Apr 11 2026 - 10:28:53 EST


Add the missing scrub check for the pad field in directory data block
headers. Old kernels may have written non-zero padding without issue,
and the write path now self-heals stale padding on modification. Flag
non-zero padding as an optimization opportunity (preen) rather than
corruption.

Add xchk_fblock_set_preen helper for reporting file fork block issues
that could be optimized. The trace event xchk_fblock_preen already
exists.

Signed-off-by: Yuto Ohnuki <ytohnuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/scrub/common.c | 11 +++++++++++
fs/xfs/scrub/common.h | 2 ++
fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c | 7 ++++++-
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
index 20e63069088b..3d40cb0b2496 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.c
@@ -251,6 +251,17 @@ xchk_ino_set_preen(
trace_xchk_ino_preen(sc, ino, __return_address);
}

+/* Record a block indexed by a file fork that could be optimized. */
+void
+xchk_fblock_set_preen(
+ struct xfs_scrub *sc,
+ int whichfork,
+ xfs_fileoff_t offset)
+{
+ sc->sm->sm_flags |= XFS_SCRUB_OFLAG_PREEN;
+ trace_xchk_fblock_preen(sc, whichfork, offset, __return_address);
+}
+
/* Record something being wrong with the filesystem primary superblock. */
void
xchk_set_corrupt(
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
index f2ecc68538f0..b494d747c008 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/common.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ bool xchk_fblock_xref_process_error(struct xfs_scrub *sc,
void xchk_block_set_preen(struct xfs_scrub *sc,
struct xfs_buf *bp);
void xchk_ino_set_preen(struct xfs_scrub *sc, xfs_ino_t ino);
+void xchk_fblock_set_preen(struct xfs_scrub *sc,
+ int whichfork, xfs_fileoff_t offset);

void xchk_set_corrupt(struct xfs_scrub *sc);
void xchk_block_set_corrupt(struct xfs_scrub *sc,
diff --git a/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c b/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
index e09724cd3725..09715a4aa154 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/scrub/dir.c
@@ -492,7 +492,12 @@ xchk_directory_data_bestfree(
goto out;
xchk_buffer_recheck(sc, bp);

- /* XXX: Check xfs_dir3_data_hdr.pad is zero once we start setting it. */
+ if (xfs_has_crc(sc->mp)) {
+ struct xfs_dir3_data_hdr *hdr3 = bp->b_addr;
+
+ if (hdr3->pad)
+ xchk_fblock_set_preen(sc, XFS_DATA_FORK, lblk);
+ }

if (sc->sm->sm_flags & XFS_SCRUB_OFLAG_CORRUPT)
goto out_buf;
--
2.50.1




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