[PATCH] f2fs: don't leave the hashed inode while it's unlinked

From: Jaegeuk Kim

Date: Tue Aug 18 2026 - 16:04:44 EST


f2fs_symlink()
1. f2fs_new_inode
2. f2fs_add_link
3. page_symlink
4. flush dirty pages and or checkpoint

Step 4 is nice to succeed, which doesn't become a reason to roll back
the created symlink. OTOH, if we get an error till step 3, let's roll
back and remove the cached inode.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/f2fs/namei.c | 26 +++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index 37897f4321c0..7b318cee2ed6 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -704,14 +704,16 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
f2fs_alloc_nid_done(sbi, inode->i_ino);

err = fscrypt_encrypt_symlink(inode, symname, len, &disk_link);
- if (err)
- goto err_out;
-
- err = page_symlink(inode, disk_link.name, disk_link.len);
+ if (!err)
+ err = page_symlink(inode, disk_link.name, disk_link.len);

-err_out:
d_instantiate_new(dentry, inode);

+ if (err) {
+ f2fs_unlink(dir, dentry);
+ goto out_f2fs_handle_failed_inode;
+ }
+
/*
* Let's flush symlink data in order to avoid broken symlink as much as
* possible. Nevertheless, fsyncing is the best way, but there is no
@@ -721,16 +723,10 @@ static int f2fs_symlink(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
* If the symlink path is stored into inline_data, there is no
* performance regression.
*/
- if (!err) {
- err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, 0,
- disk_link.len - 1);
-
- if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
- err = f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);
- }
-
- if (err)
- f2fs_unlink(dir, dentry);
+ err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, 0,
+ disk_link.len - 1);
+ if (!err && IS_DIRSYNC(dir))
+ f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1);

f2fs_balance_fs(sbi, true);
goto out_free_encrypted_link;
--
2.55.0.737.g08866a6d13-goog