[PATCH] btrfs: Clean up delayed inode items on transaction abort

From: pavankumaryalagada

Date: Mon Nov 09 2026 - 15:30:05 EST


From: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@xxxxxxxxx>

When a transaction is aborted, btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode()
fails because btrfs_join_transaction() returns an error. This makes
btrfs_evict_inode() skip btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items(), leaving
pending items in the delayed node.

Move the error check after btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items() to
ensure pending items are removed when the transaction is aborted.

Reported-by: syzbot+55d1814e49f1fc0ba542@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/6af131f2.44d55313.247daf.0001.GAE@xxxxxxxxxx/T/
Fixes: 2adc75d61203 ("btrfs: move btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items into evict")
Signed-off-by: Yalagada Pavan Kumar <pavankumaryalagada@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/btrfs/inode.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/inode.c b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
index abaa33471456..397aa64b4816 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/inode.c
@@ -5623,8 +5623,6 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
* the inode update is released.
*/
ret = btrfs_commit_inode_delayed_inode(BTRFS_I(inode));
- if (ret)
- goto out;

/*
* This drops any pending insert or delete operations we have for this
@@ -5634,6 +5632,9 @@ void btrfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
*/
btrfs_kill_delayed_inode_items(BTRFS_I(inode));

+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+
btrfs_init_metadata_block_rsv(fs_info, &rsv, BTRFS_BLOCK_RSV_TEMP);
rsv.size = btrfs_calc_metadata_size(fs_info, 1);
rsv.failfast = true;
--
2.43.0