[PATCH v3 07/14] ext4: drop extent cache when splitting extent fails

From: Zhang Yi

Date: Sat Nov 29 2025 - 05:35:38 EST


From: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>

When the split extent fails, we might leave some extents still being
processed and return an error directly, which will result in stale
extent entries remaining in the extent status tree. So drop all of the
remaining potentially stale extents if the splitting fails.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx
---
fs/ext4/extents.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 1094e4923451..945995d68c4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3267,7 +3267,7 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,

err = PTR_ERR(path);
if (err != -ENOSPC && err != -EDQUOT && err != -ENOMEM)
- return path;
+ goto out_path;

/*
* Get a new path to try to zeroout or fix the extent length.
@@ -3281,7 +3281,7 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
if (IS_ERR(path)) {
EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode, "Failed split extent on %u, err %ld",
split, PTR_ERR(path));
- return path;
+ goto out_path;
}
depth = ext_depth(inode);
ex = path[depth].p_ext;
@@ -3358,6 +3358,10 @@ static struct ext4_ext_path *ext4_split_extent_at(handle_t *handle,
ext4_free_ext_path(path);
path = ERR_PTR(err);
}
+out_path:
+ if (IS_ERR(path))
+ /* Remove all remaining potentially stale extents. */
+ ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, ee_block, ee_len);
ext4_ext_show_leaf(inode, path);
return path;
}
--
2.46.1