[PATCH] ext4: don't clobber the migration error in ext4_ext_migrate()

From: Yichong Chen

Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 01:31:14 EST


ext4_ext_migrate() records the failure of the migration in retval, but
ext4_journal_ensure_credits() overwrites it: it returns 0 when the handle
has enough credits or the transaction could be extended, and 1 when the
transaction had to be restarted. A failed migration is therefore
reported as success, and a restart leaks the internal value 1 to
userspace through EXT4_IOC_MIGRATE and FS_IOC_SETFLAGS.

Fixes: a413036791d0 ("ext4: Provide function to handle transaction restarts")
Signed-off-by: Yichong Chen <chenyichong@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/migrate.c | 9 ++++++---
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index 2aa6572088cf..e06d847033a1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static int free_ext_block(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
{
handle_t *handle;
- int retval = 0, i;
+ int retval = 0, err, i;
__le32 *i_data;
struct ext4_inode_info *ei;
struct inode *tmp_inode = NULL;
@@ -567,9 +567,12 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
}

/* We mark the tmp_inode dirty via ext4_ext_tree_init. */
- retval = ext4_journal_ensure_credits(handle, 1, 0);
- if (retval < 0)
+ err = ext4_journal_ensure_credits(handle, 1, 0);
+ if (err < 0) {
+ if (!retval)
+ retval = err;
goto out_stop;
+ }
/*
* Mark the tmp_inode as of size zero
*/
--
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