[PATCH v5 01/22] iomap: release the folio batch on iomap callback failures

Joanne Koong <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:27:16 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-xfs,org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
From: Brian Foster <[email protected]>

A sashiko review of an unrelated patch points out that the folio
batch mechanism used for iomap zero range fails to release the batch
in a couple error scenarios. If either calls to ->iomap_end() or
->iomap_begin() fail, the direct return paths bypass the batch
cleanup.

The ->iomap_end() case is not a practical issue at the moment
because there is no user of the mechanism that returns an error from
this path. The ->iomap_begin() case is theoretically possible
because XFS can invoke the fill helper and error out at various
points thereafter. This subtly complicates things because XFS does
not transfer iomap_flags to the iomap data structure in the error
path.

To deal with both of these issues, first make sure to invoke the
cleanup helper in the error path for either fs callback. Second,
update the helper to clear the flag unconditionally and release the
batch so long as it is populated. This more clearly delineates the
purpose of the flag to control the I/O path and not necessarily the
status of the fbatch, so add a comment around this as well.

Reported-by: Sashiko <[email protected]>
Assisted-by: LLM
Fixes: 395ed1ef0012 ("iomap: optional zero range dirty folio processing")
Signed-off-by: Brian Foster <[email protected]>
---
 fs/iomap/iter.c | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/iomap/iter.c b/fs/iomap/iter.c
index e4a29829591a..63617ec48250 100644
--- a/fs/iomap/iter.c
+++ b/fs/iomap/iter.c
@@ -6,12 +6,18 @@
 #include <linux/iomap.h>
 #include "trace.h"
 
+/*
+ * Release the iter folio batch. Note that the iomap flag is meant to control
+ * the I/O path for the mapping and may not be set in error situations.
+ */
 static inline void iomap_iter_clean_fbatch(struct iomap_iter *iter)
 {
-	if (iter->iomap.flags & IOMAP_F_FOLIO_BATCH) {
+	if (!iter->fbatch)
+		return;
+	iter->iomap.flags &= ~IOMAP_F_FOLIO_BATCH;
+	if (folio_batch_count(iter->fbatch)) {
 		folio_batch_release(iter->fbatch);
 		folio_batch_reinit(iter->fbatch);
-		iter->iomap.flags &= ~IOMAP_F_FOLIO_BATCH;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +85,7 @@ int iomap_iter(struct iomap_iter *iter, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
 						  olen),
 				advanced, iter->flags, &iter->iomap);
 		if (ret < 0 && !advanced)
-			return ret;
+			goto error;
 	}
 
 	/* detect old return semantics where this would advance */
@@ -110,7 +116,11 @@ int iomap_iter(struct iomap_iter *iter, const struct iomap_ops *ops)
 	ret = ops->iomap_begin(iter->inode, iter->pos, iter->len, iter->flags,
 			       &iter->iomap, &iter->srcmap);
 	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
+		goto error;
 	iomap_iter_done(iter);
 	return 1;
+
+error:
+	iomap_iter_clean_fbatch(iter);
+	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.52.0