[PATCH 05/19] buffer: discard BH_Write_EIO along with the rest of the buffer state
From: Chao Shi
Date: Sat Aug 01 2026 - 18:04:41 EST
discard_buffer() strips the state that describes where a buffer lives and
what has happened to it, because after an invalidate none of it applies any
more. BH_Write_EIO belongs in that set for the same reason: it describes a
write of the data that is being thrown away.
Leaving it set means a buffer_head reused for a different block starts life
carrying somebody else's write error. Like the bforget() change, this is
mostly theoretical today and becomes load bearing once the rest of the
series makes BH_Write_EIO the report of a failed metadata write.
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/buffer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7889c30d8715..50a63d964815 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(folio_set_bh);
/* Bits that are cleared during an invalidate */
#define BUFFER_FLAGS_DISCARD \
(1 << BH_Mapped | 1 << BH_New | 1 << BH_Req | \
- 1 << BH_Delay | 1 << BH_Unwritten)
+ 1 << BH_Delay | 1 << BH_Unwritten | 1 << BH_Write_EIO)
static void discard_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
{
--
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