[PATCH v3] ocfs2: free unused clusters on defrag move errors
From: Guangshuo Li
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 10:34:11 EST
ocfs2_defrag_extent() claims new clusters before calling
__ocfs2_move_extent(). If the move fails before ocfs2_split_extent()
succeeds, the claimed clusters are not referenced by the inode and must
be released.
The current error path only logs the error and continues to
ocfs2_cow_sync_writeback(), which can overwrite the original error with
zero and leave the claimed clusters allocated.
Not every __ocfs2_move_extent() error can free the new clusters. Once
ocfs2_split_extent() succeeds, the extent tree references them even if
ocfs2_decrease_refcount() or ocfs2_truncate_log_append() subsequently
fails. Freeing the clusters in that case would leave the extent tree
pointing to clusters marked free.
context->new_phys_cpos is updated immediately after a successful extent
split. Compare it with the newly claimed physical cluster on error. If
they differ, the split for the current move did not complete and the
claimed clusters can be freed. If they match, leave the clusters
allocated because the extent tree already references them.
Return move errors through the transaction cleanup path so that the
original error is preserved instead of being overwritten by writeback.
Fixes: 202ee5facb2c ("Ocfs2/move_extents: defrag a range of extent.")
Signed-off-by: Guangshuo Li <lgs201920130244@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v3:
- Fix the duplicate split_started declaration.
- Reuse context->new_phys_cpos to determine whether the extent split
succeeded, as suggested by Joseph Qi.
- Avoid changing the __ocfs2_move_extent() prototype.
v2:
- Do not free the new clusters after the extent-tree update has
started, as pointed out by Joseph Qi.
- Track whether the new clusters remain unused on error.
- Preserve __ocfs2_move_extent() errors instead of allowing the
subsequent writeback call to overwrite them.
fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
index ad1678ee7cc4..7820df90a262 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/move_extents.c
@@ -310,8 +310,12 @@ static int ocfs2_defrag_extent(struct ocfs2_move_extents_context *context,
ret = __ocfs2_move_extent(handle, context, cpos, new_len, phys_cpos,
new_phys_cpos, ext_flags);
- if (ret)
+ if (ret) {
mlog_errno(ret);
+ if (context->new_phys_cpos != new_phys_cpos)
+ need_free = 1;
+ goto out_commit;
+ }
if (partial && (new_len != *len))
*len = new_len;
--
2.43.0