From 409a7f12a0933ff2c617fa814c76cef0bd1d457a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guanghui Yang <3497809730@qq.com> Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 12:57:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: clear error before retrying inode xattr space fallback When ext4_xattr_make_inode_space() returns -ENOSPC, ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea() can retry the expansion with s_min_extra_isize. If that retry succeeds by finding enough ibody free space, control jumps directly to the shift label. The previous -ENOSPC is still stored in error in that path, so the function can update i_extra_isize but still return -ENOSPC to the caller. Clear error before retrying so a successful fallback expansion returns success. Reproduced with an ext4 image using 1 KiB blocks, project quota support, 256-byte inodes, and min_extra_isize/want_extra_isize set to 32. FS_IOC_FSSETXATTR failures dropped from 802 to 86 after the fix. Fixes: 69f3a3039b0d ("ext4: introduce ITAIL helper") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Guanghui Yang <3497809730@qq.com> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara Link: https://patch.msgid.link/tencent_192F8A699EFD21126E02101131C9546F3C08@qq.com Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index 21b5670d8503..508628b9626f 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -2839,6 +2839,7 @@ int ext4_expand_extra_isize_ea(struct inode *inode, int new_extra_isize, s_min_extra_isize) { tried_min_extra_isize++; new_extra_isize = s_min_extra_isize; + error = 0; goto retry; } goto cleanup;