[PATCH] btrfs: remove unnecessary RCU protection in clear_incompat_bg_bits

From: Jiasheng Jiang

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 11:03:00 EST


The function clear_incompat_bg_bits() currently uses
list_for_each_entry_rcu() to iterate over the fs_info->space_info list
without holding the RCU read lock.

When CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST is enabled, this triggers a false positive
lockdep warning because the internal check inside the RCU iterator fails:

WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
-----------------------------
fs/btrfs/block-group.c:1014 suspicious rcu_dereference_check() usage!

other info that might help us debug this:

rcu_scheduler_active = 2, debug_locks = 1
1 lock held by ...:
#0: ... (sb_internal_sem){.+.+}-{0:0}, at: start_transaction+0x...

As established in commit 728049050012 ("btrfs: kill the RCU protection
for fs_info->space_info"), the space_info list is stable (initialized
upon mount and destroyed during unmount). RCU protection is unnecessary.

Fix this by switching to the standard list_for_each_entry() iterator,
which silences the warning.

Signed-off-by: Jiasheng Jiang <jiashengjiangcool@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/block-group.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
index 08b14449fabe..d2cb26f130eb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/block-group.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ static void clear_incompat_bg_bits(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info, u64 flags)
struct list_head *head = &fs_info->space_info;
struct btrfs_space_info *sinfo;

- list_for_each_entry_rcu(sinfo, head, list) {
+ list_for_each_entry(sinfo, head, list) {
down_read(&sinfo->groups_sem);
if (!list_empty(&sinfo->block_groups[BTRFS_RAID_RAID5]))
found_raid56 = true;
--
2.25.1