[PATCH] btrfs: don't force the filesystem read-only on EDQUOT/ENOSPC verity rollback
From: Daniel Linjama
Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 02:25:37 EST
When enable_verity() hits the qgroup limit, rollback_verity() needs its
own metadata reservation. When the qgroup limit refuses the rollback,
the whole filesystem is forced read-only even though the qgroup limit
was for one subvolume only.
Skip btrfs_handle_fs_error() for -EDQUOT/-ENOSPC and just return the
error. The verity orphan item is left in place but the orphan cleanup
from commit 705242538ff3 ("btrfs: verity metadata orphan items") will
remove it at the next mount. fsverity enable still correctly fails but
the filesystem is not forced read-only.
Fixes: 146054090b08 ("btrfs: initial fsverity support")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Linjama <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Verified on a virtual machine with a mainline kernel (08df884136f1) and
a loop-mounted btrfs, with either a qgroup limit on a subvolume or a
full filesystem. On the unpatched kernel the whole filesystem was forced
read-only. On the patched kernel fsverity enable returns -EDQUOT/-ENOSPC
and the filesystem stays read-write.
fs/btrfs/verity.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/verity.c b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
index 4e0ab5842274..8d0f9eea4c39 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/verity.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/verity.c
@@ -441,7 +441,9 @@ static int del_orphan(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_inode *inod
*
* We try to handle recoverable errors while enabling verity by rolling it back
* and just failing the operation, rather than having an fs level error no
- * matter what. However, any error in rollback is unrecoverable.
+ * matter what. Failing to delete the verity items for lack of space is
+ * tolerated, the orphan item ensures they are removed on the next mount.
+ * Any other error in rollback is unrecoverable.
*
* Returns 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
*/
@@ -456,9 +458,21 @@ static int rollback_verity(struct btrfs_inode *inode)
clear_bit(BTRFS_INODE_VERITY_IN_PROGRESS, &inode->runtime_flags);
ret = btrfs_drop_verity_items(inode);
if (ret) {
- btrfs_handle_fs_error(root->fs_info, ret,
- "failed to drop verity items in rollback %llu",
- inode->vfs_inode.i_ino);
+ /*
+ * -EDQUOT and -ENOSPC mean we could not reserve metadata to
+ * delete the verity items. That is not a consistency problem,
+ * so don't turn the filesystem read-only. Leave the items and
+ * the orphan in place, orphan cleanup on the next mount will
+ * remove them.
+ */
+ if (ret != -EDQUOT && ret != -ENOSPC)
+ btrfs_handle_fs_error(root->fs_info, ret,
+ "failed to drop verity items in rollback %llu",
+ inode->vfs_inode.i_ino);
+ else
+ btrfs_warn(root->fs_info,
+ "failed to drop verity items in rollback %llu: %pe",
+ inode->vfs_inode.i_ino, ERR_PTR(ret));
goto out;
}
--
2.55.0