[PATCH v4 2/2] ext4: cleanup unused CONVERT_INLINE_DATA flag
From: Aditya Srivastava
Date: Fri Jul 03 2026 - 00:57:23 EST
From: Aditya Prakash Srivastava <aditya.ansh182@xxxxxxxxx>
After implementing bitwise flags for tracking the inline data write
state in the address space fsdata parameter, the CONVERT_INLINE_DATA
state flag is left unused and can be removed.
Perform this clean-up by:
1) Deleting the CONVERT_INLINE_DATA definition from ext4.h.
2) Removing the void **fsdata argument from both the forward
declaration and the definition of the internal helper
ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent().
3) Removing the void **fsdata argument from the declaration and
definition of ext4_generic_write_inline_data() and updating
the caller ext4_try_to_write_inline_data() and the internal
re-alloc retry logic accordingly.
4) Updating ext4_da_write_begin() to call
ext4_generic_write_inline_data() without the fsdata parameter.
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Aditya Prakash Srivastava <aditya.ansh182@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v4:
- Resent as Patch 2/2 of the v4 series, as suggested by Jan Kara.
Changes in v3:
- Initial version of the cleanup patch.
fs/ext4/ext4.h | 5 ++---
fs/ext4/inline.c | 13 +++++--------
fs/ext4/inode.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 9e6f6467bdeb..c2e4262406a7 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -3137,8 +3137,7 @@ int do_journal_get_write_access(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
struct buffer_head *bh);
void ext4_set_inode_mapping_order(struct inode *inode);
#define FALL_BACK_TO_NONDELALLOC 1
-#define CONVERT_INLINE_DATA 2
-#define EXT4_WRITE_DATA_INLINE 4
+#define EXT4_WRITE_DATA_INLINE 2
typedef enum {
EXT4_IGET_NORMAL = 0,
@@ -3749,7 +3748,7 @@ extern int ext4_generic_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
struct inode *inode,
loff_t pos, unsigned len,
struct folio **foliop,
- void **fsdata, bool da);
+ bool da);
extern int ext4_try_add_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
struct ext4_filename *fname,
struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index cfd591dc1d9c..0cb2dc195d23 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
static int ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct inode *inode,
- void **fsdata);
+ struct inode *inode);
static int ext4_get_inline_size(struct inode *inode)
{
@@ -697,7 +696,7 @@ int ext4_generic_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
struct inode *inode,
loff_t pos, unsigned len,
struct folio **foliop,
- void **fsdata, bool da)
+ bool da)
{
int ret;
handle_t *handle;
@@ -728,7 +727,7 @@ int ext4_generic_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
return ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent(mapping, inode);
}
- ret = ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(mapping, inode, fsdata);
+ ret = ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(mapping, inode);
if (ret == -ENOSPC &&
ext4_should_retry_alloc(inode->i_sb, &retries))
goto retry_journal;
@@ -788,7 +787,7 @@ int ext4_try_to_write_inline_data(struct address_space *mapping,
if (pos + len > ext4_get_max_inline_size(inode))
return ext4_convert_inline_data_to_extent(mapping, inode);
return ext4_generic_write_inline_data(mapping, inode, pos, len,
- foliop, NULL, false);
+ foliop, false);
}
int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
@@ -895,8 +894,7 @@ int ext4_write_inline_data_end(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
* need to start the journal since the file's metadata isn't changed now.
*/
static int ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
- struct inode *inode,
- void **fsdata)
+ struct inode *inode)
{
int ret = 0, inline_size;
struct folio *folio;
@@ -934,7 +932,6 @@ static int ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent(struct address_space *mapping,
folio_mark_dirty(folio);
folio_mark_uptodate(folio);
ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
- *fsdata = (void *)CONVERT_INLINE_DATA;
out:
up_read(&EXT4_I(inode)->xattr_sem);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 4e1bf54e511d..9a0fbaf73ce2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3160,7 +3160,7 @@ static int ext4_da_write_begin(const struct kiocb *iocb,
if (ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA)) {
ret = ext4_generic_write_inline_data(mapping, inode, pos, len,
- foliop, fsdata, true);
+ foliop, true);
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
if (ret == 1) {
--
2.47.3