[PATCH v5 1/1] ocfs2: split transactions in dio completion to avoid credit exhaustion
From: Heming Zhao
Date: Fri Mar 27 2026 - 02:45:15 EST
During ocfs2 dio operations, JBD2 may report warnings via following call trace:
ocfs2_dio_end_io_write
ocfs2_mark_extent_written
ocfs2_change_extent_flag
ocfs2_split_extent
ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent
ocfs2_extend_rotate_transaction
ocfs2_extend_trans
jbd2__journal_restart
start_this_handle
output: JBD2: kworker/6:2 wants too many credits credits:5450 rsv_credits:0 max:5449
To prevent exceeding the credits limit, modify ocfs2_dio_end_io_write() to
handle extents in a batch of transaction.
Additionally, relocate ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(). The orphan inode should
only be removed from the orphan list after the extent tree update is complete.
This ensures that if a crash occurs in the middle of extent tree updates, we
won't leave stale blocks beyond EOF.
This patch also changes the logic for updating the inode size and removing
orphan, making it similar to ext4_dio_write_end_io(). Both operations are
performed only when everything looks good.
Finally, thanks to Jans and Joseph for providing the bug fix prototype and
suggestions.
Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Heming Zhao <heming.zhao@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/aops.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
index 09146b43d1f0..a542cd0a6f75 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/aops.c
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
#include "namei.h"
#include "sysfile.h"
+#define OCFS2_DIO_MARK_EXTENT_BATCH 200
+
static int ocfs2_symlink_get_block(struct inode *inode, sector_t iblock,
struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create)
{
@@ -2277,7 +2279,7 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
struct ocfs2_alloc_context *meta_ac = NULL;
handle_t *handle = NULL;
loff_t end = offset + bytes;
- int ret = 0, credits = 0;
+ int ret = 0, credits = 0, batch = 0;
ocfs2_init_dealloc_ctxt(&dealloc);
@@ -2294,18 +2296,6 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
goto out;
}
- /* Delete orphan before acquire i_rwsem. */
- if (dwc->dw_orphaned) {
- BUG_ON(dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current));
-
- end = end > i_size_read(inode) ? end : 0;
-
- ret = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh,
- !!end, end);
- if (ret < 0)
- mlog_errno(ret);
- }
-
down_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
di = (struct ocfs2_dinode *)di_bh->b_data;
@@ -2326,24 +2316,25 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
credits = ocfs2_calc_extend_credits(inode->i_sb, &di->id2.i_list);
- handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
- if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
- mlog_errno(ret);
- goto unlock;
- }
- ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
- OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
- if (ret) {
- mlog_errno(ret);
- goto commit;
- }
-
list_for_each_entry(ue, &dwc->dw_zero_list, ue_node) {
+ if (!handle) {
+ handle = ocfs2_start_trans(osb, credits);
+ if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
+ ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
+ mlog_errno(ret);
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+ ret = ocfs2_journal_access_di(handle, INODE_CACHE(inode), di_bh,
+ OCFS2_JOURNAL_ACCESS_WRITE);
+ if (ret) {
+ mlog_errno(ret);
+ goto commit;
+ }
+ }
ret = ocfs2_assure_trans_credits(handle, credits);
if (ret < 0) {
mlog_errno(ret);
- break;
+ goto commit;
}
ret = ocfs2_mark_extent_written(inode, &et, handle,
ue->ue_cpos, 1,
@@ -2351,7 +2342,13 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
meta_ac, &dealloc);
if (ret < 0) {
mlog_errno(ret);
- break;
+ goto commit;
+ }
+
+ if (++batch == OCFS2_DIO_MARK_EXTENT_BATCH) {
+ ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
+ handle = NULL;
+ batch = 0;
}
}
@@ -2360,10 +2357,20 @@ static int ocfs2_dio_end_io_write(struct inode *inode,
if (ret < 0)
mlog_errno(ret);
}
+
commit:
ocfs2_commit_trans(osb, handle);
unlock:
up_write(&oi->ip_alloc_sem);
+
+ /* everything looks good, let's start the cleanup */
+ if (!ret && dwc->dw_orphaned) {
+ BUG_ON(dwc->dw_writer_pid != task_pid_nr(current));
+
+ ret = ocfs2_del_inode_from_orphan(osb, inode, di_bh, 0, 0);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ mlog_errno(ret);
+ }
ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 1);
brelse(di_bh);
out:
--
2.43.0