[PATCH 08/19] ext2: check for an xattr block write error with buffer_write_io_error()

From: Chao Shi

Date: Sat Aug 01 2026 - 18:01:54 EST


ext2_xattr_set2() spots a failed synchronous write by testing BH_Req
together with !BH_Uptodate. That relies on the write completion handler
clearing BH_Uptodate on error, which this series removes: a buffer whose
write failed still holds the data the filesystem asked to be written, so
declaring it not up to date is wrong and makes callers re-read it.

BH_Write_EIO says exactly what this code wants to know, and it implies
BH_Req, so the pair collapses into one test.

No behaviour change today - a failed write sets BH_Write_EIO and clears
BH_Uptodate together. It stops being a no-op at the end of the series,
where the new test is the one that still works.

Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext2/xattr.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
index be63f89402a3..39005ec23fe5 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh,
if (IS_SYNC(inode)) {
sync_dirty_buffer(new_bh);
error = -EIO;
- if (buffer_req(new_bh) && !buffer_uptodate(new_bh))
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(new_bh))
goto cleanup;
}
}
--
2.43.0