Re: [PATCH] ext4: Avoid entering writeback paths during fastcommit replay

On Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:41:13 +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> Fastcommit replay effectively happens in nojournal mode. This results in
> ext4_mark_iloc_dirty() setting I_METADATA_WRITEBACK flag and as a result
> we end up entering filesystem writeback functions. However during
> fastcommit replay s_writepages_rwsem isn't initialized yet and hence we
> crash.
> 
> Fix the problem by avoiding setting I_METADATA_WRITEBACK during
> fastcommit replay. Journal replay flushes the whole block device after
> replay anyway so all metadata is properly persisted and replay is faster
> this way as a bonus.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs.fixes branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.fixes branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.fixes

[1/1] ext4: Avoid entering writeback paths during fastcommit replay
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/0ecd56573c1f