Re: [PATCH] ufs: do not treat unreadable directory blocks as empty

[Christian Brauner]

On Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:39:32 +0300, Ali Ahmet Memis wrote:
> ufs_empty_dir() scans every directory block to decide whether a
> directory is empty before rmdir() removes it. When ufs_get_folio()
> cannot read or validate a block it returns an error pointer, and the
> loop currently skips that block with continue and keeps scanning the
> remaining blocks.
> 
> If none of the readable blocks hold an entry, the function returns 1
> and the caller unlinks the directory. A directory whose contents live
> in a block that cannot be read, for example because of an I/O error or
> corrupted directory metadata, is therefore seen as empty and removed,
> losing the entries it still holds.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

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      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/08edfb34ee9c