From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:02:44 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel... 
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Merge tag 'ext4_for_linus_6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4

Pull ext4 updates from Ted Ts'o:
 "Major ext4 changes for 6.17:

   - Better scalability for ext4 block allocation

   - Fix insufficient credits when writing back large folios

  Miscellaneous bug fixes, especially when handling exteded attriutes,
  inline data, and fast commit"

* tag 'ext4_for_linus_6.17-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4: (39 commits)
  ext4: do not BUG when INLINE_DATA_FL lacks system.data xattr
  ext4: implement linear-like traversal across order xarrays
  ext4: refactor choose group to scan group
  ext4: convert free groups order lists to xarrays
  ext4: factor out ext4_mb_scan_group()
  ext4: factor out ext4_mb_might_prefetch()
  ext4: factor out __ext4_mb_scan_group()
  ext4: fix largest free orders lists corruption on mb_optimize_scan switch
  ext4: fix zombie groups in average fragment size lists
  ext4: merge freed extent with existing extents before insertion
  ext4: convert sbi->s_mb_free_pending to atomic_t
  ext4: fix typo in CR_GOAL_LEN_SLOW comment
  ext4: get rid of some obsolete EXT4_MB_HINT flags
  ext4: utilize multiple global goals to reduce contention
  ext4: remove unnecessary s_md_lock on update s_mb_last_group
  ext4: remove unnecessary s_mb_last_start
  ext4: separate stream goal hits from s_bal_goals for better tracking
  ext4: add ext4_try_lock_group() to skip busy groups
  ext4: initialize superblock fields in the kballoc-test.c kunit tests
  ext4: refactor the inline directory conversion and new directory codepaths
  ...
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