[PATCH] ext4: propagate errors from fast commit create replay

From: 781735889

Date: Wed Sep 16 2026 - 23:28:57 EST


From: lty <781735889@xxxxxx>

During fast-commit replay, ext4_fc_replay_create() can fail while
looking up the parent directory, initializing a new directory, or
dirtying the replayed inode. The parent lookup error jumps to the
cleanup path while ret is still zero. Errors from ext4_init_new_dir()
are explicitly converted to zero, and the return value from
ext4_mark_inode_dirty() is ignored.

Consequently, replay can report success and mount the filesystem even
though the directory creation was not completely replayed. A failed
parent lookup, for example, leaves an unconnected directory inode.

Propagate these errors so journal recovery aborts rather than completing
with inconsistent metadata.

Tested with QEMU fast-commit directory replay and injected failures in
the parent lookup, directory initialization, and inode dirtying paths.
Before the change, recovery completed and e2fsck reported an unconnected
directory inode or inconsistent inode metadata. With the change, JBD2
reports recovery failure and the mount fails in all three cases.

Fixes: 8016e29f4362 ("ext4: fast commit recovery path")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: lty <781735889@xxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/fast_commit.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
index b3c22636251d..e656abd938fb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fast_commit.c
@@ -1656,12 +1656,12 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_create(struct super_block *sb,
dir = ext4_iget(sb, darg.parent_ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
if (IS_ERR(dir)) {
ext4_debug("Dir %d not found.", darg.ino);
+ ret = PTR_ERR(dir);
goto out;
}
ret = ext4_init_new_dir(NULL, dir, inode);
iput(dir);
if (ret) {
- ret = 0;
goto out;
}
}
@@ -1669,7 +1669,7 @@ static int ext4_fc_replay_create(struct super_block *sb,
if (ret)
goto out;
set_nlink(inode, 1);
- ext4_mark_inode_dirty(NULL, inode);
+ ret = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(NULL, inode);
out:
iput(inode);
return ret;
--
2.34.1