[PATCH v2 7/8] ext2: annotate s_rsv_window_root as requiring s_rsv_window_lock

From: Timothy Day

Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 12:07:23 EST


The per-filesystem reservation window rb-tree (s_rsv_window_root) is
protected by s_rsv_window_lock. Mark the s_rsv_window_root field
with __guarded_by() for Clang's context analysis.

The helpers (ext2_rsv_window_add, rsv_window_remove, and
find_next_reservable_window) that mutate or walk the tree are all
called with the s_rsv_window_lock held. Annotate these helpers
with __must_hold().

The accesses in ext2_fill_super() are before the superblock is live.
Since no concurrent access should be possible, s_rsv_window_lock
is not taken. Convert the spinlock initialization to use
scoped_guard(spinlock_init, ...) and place the writes under the
guard to prevent warnings.

Signed-off-by: Timothy Day <timday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext2/balloc.c | 3 +++
fs/ext2/ext2.h | 5 +++--
fs/ext2/super.c | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
index 53c91cb38bde..80acc1e19387 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ search_reserve_window(struct rb_root *root, ext2_fsblk_t goal)
*/
void ext2_rsv_window_add(struct super_block *sb,
struct ext2_reserve_window_node *rsv)
+ __must_hold(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_rsv_window_lock)
{
struct rb_root *root = &EXT2_SB(sb)->s_rsv_window_root;
struct rb_node *node = &rsv->rsv_node;
@@ -373,6 +374,7 @@ void ext2_rsv_window_add(struct super_block *sb,
*/
static void rsv_window_remove(struct super_block *sb,
struct ext2_reserve_window_node *rsv)
+ __must_hold(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_rsv_window_lock)
{
rsv->rsv_start = EXT2_RESERVE_WINDOW_NOT_ALLOCATED;
rsv->rsv_end = EXT2_RESERVE_WINDOW_NOT_ALLOCATED;
@@ -759,6 +761,7 @@ static int find_next_reservable_window(
struct super_block * sb,
ext2_fsblk_t start_block,
ext2_fsblk_t last_block)
+ __must_hold(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_rsv_window_lock)
{
struct rb_node *next;
struct ext2_reserve_window_node *rsv, *prev;
diff --git a/fs/ext2/ext2.h b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
index b6ae29b2e6ec..404f4223a6bd 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ext2.h
+++ b/fs/ext2/ext2.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ struct ext2_sb_info {
struct blockgroup_lock *s_blockgroup_lock;
/* root of the per fs reservation window tree */
spinlock_t s_rsv_window_lock;
- struct rb_root s_rsv_window_root;
+ struct rb_root s_rsv_window_root __guarded_by(&s_rsv_window_lock);
struct ext2_reserve_window_node s_rsv_window_head;
/*
* s_lock protects against concurrent modifications of s_mount_state,
@@ -712,7 +712,8 @@ extern void ext2_discard_reservation (struct inode *);
extern int ext2_should_retry_alloc(struct super_block *sb, int *retries);
extern void ext2_init_block_alloc_info(struct inode *inode)
__must_hold(&EXT2_I(inode)->truncate_mutex);
-extern void ext2_rsv_window_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_reserve_window_node *rsv);
+extern void ext2_rsv_window_add(struct super_block *sb, struct ext2_reserve_window_node *rsv)
+ __must_hold(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_rsv_window_lock);

/* dir.c */
int ext2_add_link(struct dentry *, struct inode *);
diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 0fa7914e5f04..b7f042e42009 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -1131,19 +1131,20 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc)
sbi->s_next_generation = get_random_u32();

/* per filesystem reservation list head & lock */
- spin_lock_init(&sbi->s_rsv_window_lock);
- sbi->s_rsv_window_root = RB_ROOT;
- /*
- * Add a single, static dummy reservation to the start of the
- * reservation window list --- it gives us a placeholder for
- * append-at-start-of-list which makes the allocation logic
- * _much_ simpler.
- */
- sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_start = EXT2_RESERVE_WINDOW_NOT_ALLOCATED;
- sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_end = EXT2_RESERVE_WINDOW_NOT_ALLOCATED;
- sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_alloc_hit = 0;
- sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_goal_size = 0;
- ext2_rsv_window_add(sb, &sbi->s_rsv_window_head);
+ scoped_guard(spinlock_init, &EXT2_SB(sb)->s_rsv_window_lock) {
+ sbi->s_rsv_window_root = RB_ROOT;
+ /*
+ * Add a single, static dummy reservation to the start of the
+ * reservation window list --- it gives us a placeholder for
+ * append-at-start-of-list which makes the allocation logic
+ * _much_ simpler.
+ */
+ sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_start = EXT2_RESERVE_WINDOW_NOT_ALLOCATED;
+ sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_end = EXT2_RESERVE_WINDOW_NOT_ALLOCATED;
+ sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_alloc_hit = 0;
+ sbi->s_rsv_window_head.rsv_goal_size = 0;
+ ext2_rsv_window_add(sb, &sbi->s_rsv_window_head);
+ }

err = percpu_counter_init(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter,
ext2_count_free_blocks(sb), GFP_KERNEL);
--
2.43.0