[PATCH v2] f2fs: fix ifolio leak in f2fs_get_new_data_folio

From: Guanghui Yang

Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 02:17:47 EST


f2fs_get_new_data_folio() documents that ifolio is only set by
make_empty_dir(), and that ifolio should be released by this function on
any error.

The allocation failure path already follows this rule, but the
f2fs_reserve_block() failure path only drops the newly grabbed folio and
returns the error. When make_empty_dir() passes a non-NULL ifolio, an
early f2fs_reserve_block() failure can leave the extra inode folio
reference held by the caller.

Release ifolio on this error path if f2fs_reserve_block() has not already
cleared dn.inode_folio.

Signed-off-by: Guanghui Yang <3497809730@xxxxxx>
---

Changes since v1:
- Check dn.inode_folio before releasing ifolio to avoid a double put when
f2fs_reserve_block() has already cleared the dnode.

fs/f2fs/data.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/data.c b/fs/f2fs/data.c
index a765fda71536..6c573d392dac 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/data.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/data.c
@@ -1477,6 +1477,8 @@ struct folio *f2fs_get_new_data_folio(struct inode *inode,
err = f2fs_reserve_block(&dn, index);
if (err) {
f2fs_folio_put(folio, true);
+ if (dn.inode_folio)
+ f2fs_folio_put(ifolio, true);
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
if (!ifolio)

base-commit: a13c140cc289c0b7b3770bce5b3ad42ab35074aa
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2.52.0.windows.1