[PATCH v2 5/6] xfs: initialise args->total for parent pointer updates

From: Javier Tia

Date: Mon Aug 10 2026 - 12:50:27 EST


xfs_parent_da_args_init() builds an xfs_da_args from a zeroed
xfs_parent_args (kmem_cache_zalloc), leaving args->total == 0.
xfs_da_grow_inode_int() treats that field as a running block reservation
and subtracts from it; because it is an xfs_extlen_t (uint32_t), the
first attr-fork growth wraps it to ~0U. That defeats the free-space
check in xfs_alloc_space_available(), and when it coincides with an AG
that has exactly zero available blocks the allocation is clamped to
maxlen 0 and returns -ENOSPC, which xfs_defer_finish_noroll() escalates
to a filesystem shutdown.

Set args->total the way the log recovery path does
(xfs_attri_recover_work(), xfs_attr_item.c:706), in the add and replace
paths that can grow the fork. Removals and lookups never grow it, so
they leave the field alone, matching that switch.

Fixes: b7c62d90c12c ("xfs: parent pointer attribute creation")
Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v6.10
Signed-off-by: Javier Tia <floss@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
index 3509cc4b2175..312f33086d53 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_parent.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ xfs_parent_addname(
const struct xfs_name *parent_name,
struct xfs_inode *child)
{
- int error;
+ int error, local;

error = xfs_parent_iread_extents(tp, child);
if (error)
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ xfs_parent_addname(
xfs_parent_da_args_init(&ppargs->args, tp, &ppargs->rec, child,
child->i_ino, parent_name);

+ /* Growing the attr fork needs a real reservation in args->total. */
+ ppargs->args.total = xfs_attr_calc_size(&ppargs->args, &local);
+ ASSERT(local);
+
return xfs_attr_setname(&ppargs->args, 0);
}

@@ -240,7 +244,7 @@ xfs_parent_replacename(
const struct xfs_name *new_name,
struct xfs_inode *child)
{
- int error;
+ int error, local;

error = xfs_parent_iread_extents(tp, child);
if (error)
@@ -250,6 +254,10 @@ xfs_parent_replacename(
xfs_parent_da_args_init(&ppargs->args, tp, &ppargs->rec, child,
child->i_ino, old_name);

+ /* Growing the attr fork needs a real reservation in args->total. */
+ ppargs->args.total = xfs_attr_calc_size(&ppargs->args, &local);
+ ASSERT(local);
+
xfs_inode_to_parent_rec(&ppargs->new_rec, new_dp);

ppargs->args.new_name = new_name->name;
--
Javier Tia