Re: [PATCH v1 9/9] ntfs: skip free cluster decrement when rollback fails
From: Hyunchul Lee
Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 01:12:19 EST
2026년 8월 21일 (금) 오후 2:33, Baolin Liu <liubaolin12138@xxxxxxx>님이 작성:
>
> From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When the rollback in __ntfs_cluster_free() fails, the recursive
> call returns a negative errno and the subsequent
> ntfs_dec_free_clusters(vol, delta) subtracts that negative value,
> adding bogus clusters to the counter on an already-failing volume.
>
> Skip the decrement when the rollback failed.
>
> Fixes: 11ccc9107dc4 ("ntfs: update runlist handling and cluster allocator")
> Signed-off-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c b/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
> index 795f71d26895..0d6cd08ee2e7 100644
> --- a/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
> @@ -1045,8 +1045,9 @@ s64 __ntfs_cluster_free(struct ntfs_inode *ni, const s64 start_vcn, s64 count,
> "Failed to rollback (error %i). Leaving inconsistent metadata! Unmount and run chkdsk.",
> (int)delta);
> NVolSetErrors(vol);
> + } else {
> + ntfs_dec_free_clusters(vol, delta);
> }
> - ntfs_dec_free_clusters(vol, delta);
> up_write(&vol->lcnbmp_lock);
> memalloc_nofs_restore(memalloc_flags);
> ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Aborting (error %i).", err);
> --
> 2.51.0
>
>
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Thanks,
Hyunchul