[PATCH 4/4] ext4: allow large folios and bs > ps encryption

From: Baokun Li

Date: Tue Nov 03 2026 - 12:53:48 EST


ext4 refuses encryption when the block size exceeds the page size
in three places: at mount time (ext4_check_large_folio()),
in ext4_set_context(), and in __ext4_iget().

Sub-block data units are now enabled by default, so encryption
works on a filesystem whose block size exceeds the page size.
Remove the three checks; stable trees should keep them and
not backport this feature.

ext4_set_max_mapping_order() now runs on every mount, and
the preceding patch routes a folio that crosses a DUN wraparound
to the buffer_head path. Encrypted files therefore get the same
large folio orders as unencrypted files, including when block size
is larger than page size.

Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/crypto.c | 9 ---------
fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 ------
fs/ext4/super.c | 22 +---------------------
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
index 318b2eaea741..1a0fccb084ef 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c
@@ -156,15 +156,6 @@ static int ext4_set_context(struct inode *inode, const void *ctx, size_t len,
if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_DAX))
return -EOPNOTSUPP;

- /*
- * Encryption is not supported when the block size is larger
- * than the page size. This is rejected at mount time by
- * ext4_check_large_folio(), and this check here is for the case
- * when the 'encrypt' feature is enabled on a mounted filesystem.
- */
- if (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE)
- return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-
res = ext4_convert_inline_data(inode);
if (res)
return res;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 10cd85d4c721..b4d581aa5ee1 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -6571,12 +6571,6 @@ struct inode *__ext4_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino,
ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
goto bad_inode;
}
- if (IS_ENCRYPTED(inode) && sb->s_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE) {
- ext4_error_inode(inode, function, line, 0,
- "encrypted inode with block size larger than page size");
- ret = -EFSCORRUPTED;
- goto bad_inode;
- }

ext4_set_inode_mapping_order(inode);

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 9cae52471dee..ba2d2e184d3a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5165,24 +5165,6 @@ static void ext4_set_max_mapping_order(struct super_block *sb)
sbi->s_max_folio_order = EXT4_MAX_PAGECACHE_ORDER(sb);
}

-static int ext4_check_large_folio(struct super_block *sb)
-{
- const char *err_str = NULL;
-
- if (ext4_has_feature_encrypt(sb))
- err_str = "encrypt";
-
- if (!err_str) {
- ext4_set_max_mapping_order(sb);
- } else if (sb->s_blocksize > PAGE_SIZE) {
- ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "bs(%lu) > ps(%lu) unsupported for %s",
- sb->s_blocksize, PAGE_SIZE, err_str);
- return -EINVAL;
- }
-
- return 0;
-}
-
static int ext4_load_super(struct super_block *sb, ext4_fsblk_t *lsb,
int silent)
{
@@ -5461,9 +5443,7 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)

ext4_apply_options(fc, sb);

- err = ext4_check_large_folio(sb);
- if (err < 0)
- goto failed_mount;
+ ext4_set_max_mapping_order(sb);

err = ext4_encoding_init(sb, es);
if (err)
--
2.43.7