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ntfs: redirty folio when ntfs_write_mft_block() runs out of memory
authorDaeMyung Kang <charsyam@gmail.com>
Thu, 30 Apr 2026 17:20:54 +0000 (02:20 +0900)
committerNamjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
Fri, 8 May 2026 14:50:47 +0000 (23:50 +0900)
commit49c12bee2bb2604e82a997521175b85ca5421685
tree9d9eedde0f652671564ec3dd2663d5ae517ec015
parent47773fa85e470e9896a22a99ccd5b5930d469680
ntfs: redirty folio when ntfs_write_mft_block() runs out of memory

ntfs_write_mft_block() is called by writeback_iter() with the folio
locked.  When the per-call allocations for @locked_nis or @ref_inos
fail, the function returns -ENOMEM directly without unlocking the
folio.  Any later task that needs the folio's lock then stalls, and
the folio's dirty state is silently lost from the writeback
iterator's point of view.

Use folio_redirty_for_writepage() so the folio remains dirty for a
subsequent writeback pass, unlock it, and only then return -ENOMEM
so the caller can propagate the error to fsync()/sync_filesystem().

Fixes: f462fdf3d6a4 ("ntfs: reduce stack usage in ntfs_write_mft_block()")
Signed-off-by: DaeMyung Kang <charsyam@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Hyunchul Lee <hyc.lee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>
fs/ntfs/mft.c