From 4211dc89c31cb2a896a48de935e036775310380e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:54:12 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ext2: Sync and invalidate metadata buffers from ext2_evict_inode() There are only very few filesystems using generic metadata buffer head tracking and everybody is paying the overhead. When we remove this tracking for inode reclaim code .evict will start to see inodes with metadata buffers attached so write them out and prune them. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260326095354.16340-60-jack@suse.cz Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- fs/ext2/inode.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c index dbfe9098a124..fb91c61aa6d6 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c @@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ void ext2_evict_inode(struct inode * inode) if (inode->i_blocks) ext2_truncate_blocks(inode, 0); ext2_xattr_delete_inode(inode); + } else { + sync_mapping_buffers(&inode->i_data); } - invalidate_inode_buffers(inode); clear_inode(inode);