[PATCH v1 9/9] ntfs: skip free cluster decrement when rollback fails

From: Baolin Liu

Date: Fri Aug 21 2026 - 01:37:50 EST


From: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>

When the rollback in __ntfs_cluster_free() fails, the recursive
call returns a negative errno and the subsequent
ntfs_dec_free_clusters(vol, delta) subtracts that negative value,
adding bogus clusters to the counter on an already-failing volume.

Skip the decrement when the rollback failed.

Fixes: 11ccc9107dc4 ("ntfs: update runlist handling and cluster allocator")
Signed-off-by: Baolin Liu <liubaolin@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c b/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
index 795f71d26895..0d6cd08ee2e7 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/lcnalloc.c
@@ -1045,8 +1045,9 @@ s64 __ntfs_cluster_free(struct ntfs_inode *ni, const s64 start_vcn, s64 count,
"Failed to rollback (error %i). Leaving inconsistent metadata! Unmount and run chkdsk.",
(int)delta);
NVolSetErrors(vol);
+ } else {
+ ntfs_dec_free_clusters(vol, delta);
}
- ntfs_dec_free_clusters(vol, delta);
up_write(&vol->lcnbmp_lock);
memalloc_nofs_restore(memalloc_flags);
ntfs_error(vol->sb, "Aborting (error %i).", err);
--
2.51.0