[PATCH 2/4] btrfs: pre-allocate delayed dir index before btree modification
From: Jeff Layton
Date: Fri Jul 17 2026 - 12:53:39 EST
Move the delayed dir index allocation in btrfs_insert_dir_item() before
the insert_with_overflow() call that modifies the btree. Previously, the
allocations happened after the DIR_ITEM was already inserted, meaning an
ENOMEM failure left the btree in a partially-modified state that could
only be resolved by aborting the transaction.
With the pre-allocation, if the GFP_NOFS allocations fail, -ENOMEM is
returned before any on-disk state has changed. The caller can then
handle the error gracefully. If the btree insertion itself fails, the
pre-allocated resources are freed.
Add an optional caller-provided btrfs_dir_index_prealloc parameter to
btrfs_insert_dir_item(). When non-NULL, ownership of the prealloc
transfers to btrfs_insert_dir_item(). When NULL, it allocates internally.
All existing callers pass NULL to preserve the current behavior.
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/dir-item.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
fs/btrfs/dir-item.h | 5 +++--
fs/btrfs/inode.c | 2 +-
fs/btrfs/transaction.c | 2 +-
4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
index 84f1c64423d3..1b956df2c571 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.c
@@ -106,8 +106,11 @@ int btrfs_insert_xattr_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
* Will return 0 or -ENOMEM
*/
int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
- const struct fscrypt_str *name, struct btrfs_inode *dir,
- const struct btrfs_key *location, u8 type, u64 index)
+ const struct fscrypt_str *name,
+ struct btrfs_inode *dir,
+ const struct btrfs_key *location, u8 type,
+ u64 index,
+ struct btrfs_dir_index_prealloc *prealloc)
{
int ret = 0;
int ret2 = 0;
@@ -119,6 +122,8 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
struct btrfs_key key;
struct btrfs_disk_key disk_key;
u32 data_size;
+ const bool need_delayed_index = (root != root->fs_info->tree_root);
+ struct btrfs_dir_index_prealloc local_prealloc;
key.objectid = btrfs_ino(dir);
key.type = BTRFS_DIR_ITEM_KEY;
@@ -130,6 +135,18 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
btrfs_cpu_key_to_disk(&disk_key, location);
+ /* Pre-allocate the delayed dir index before modifying the btree. */
+ if (need_delayed_index && !prealloc) {
+ ret = btrfs_prealloc_delayed_dir_index(dir, name->name,
+ name->len,
+ &local_prealloc);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ memcpy(local_prealloc.item->data + sizeof(struct btrfs_dir_item),
+ name->name, name->len);
+ prealloc = &local_prealloc;
+ }
+
data_size = sizeof(*dir_item) + name->len;
dir_item = insert_with_overflow(trans, root, path, &key, data_size,
name->name, name->len);
@@ -137,6 +154,8 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
ret = PTR_ERR(dir_item);
if (ret == -EEXIST)
goto second_insert;
+ if (need_delayed_index)
+ btrfs_free_delayed_dir_index_prealloc(trans, prealloc);
goto out_free;
}
@@ -154,15 +173,14 @@ int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
write_extent_buffer(leaf, name->name, name_ptr, name->len);
second_insert:
- /* FIXME, use some real flag for selecting the extra index */
- if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root) {
+ if (!need_delayed_index) {
ret = 0;
goto out_free;
}
btrfs_release_path(path);
- ret2 = btrfs_insert_delayed_dir_index(trans, name->name, name->len, dir,
- &disk_key, type, index);
+ ret2 = btrfs_insert_delayed_dir_index_prealloc(trans, dir, prealloc,
+ &disk_key, type, index);
out_free:
if (ret)
return ret;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.h b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.h
index e52174a8baf9..d7a7d0b66f37 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/dir-item.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/dir-item.h
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ struct btrfs_trans_handle;
int btrfs_check_dir_item_collision(struct btrfs_root *root, u64 dir_ino,
const struct fscrypt_str *name);
+struct btrfs_dir_index_prealloc;
int btrfs_insert_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
const struct fscrypt_str *name, struct btrfs_inode *dir,
- const struct btrfs_key *location, u8 type, u64 index);
+ const struct btrfs_key *location, u8 type, u64 index,
+ struct btrfs_dir_index_prealloc *prealloc);
struct btrfs_dir_item *btrfs_lookup_dir_item(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
struct btrfs_root *root,
struct btrfs_path *path, u64 dir,
@@ -53,5 +55,4 @@ static inline u64 btrfs_name_hash(const char *name, int len)
{
return crc32c((u32)~1, name, len);
}
-
#endif
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index 272598f6ae77..b7b4e6177135 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -6737,7 +6737,7 @@ int btrfs_add_link(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
return ret;
ret = btrfs_insert_dir_item(trans, name, parent_inode, &key,
- btrfs_inode_type(inode), index);
+ btrfs_inode_type(inode), index, NULL);
if (ret == -EEXIST || ret == -EOVERFLOW)
goto fail_dir_item;
else if (unlikely(ret)) {
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
index 8f9419728100..3a2d4520c79a 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ static noinline int create_pending_snapshot(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
ret = btrfs_insert_dir_item(trans, &fname.disk_name,
parent_inode, &key, BTRFS_FT_DIR,
- index);
+ index, NULL);
if (unlikely(ret)) {
btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, ret);
goto fail;
--
2.55.0