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ext4: support large block size in ext4_calculate_overhead()
authorBaokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Fri, 21 Nov 2025 09:06:37 +0000 (17:06 +0800)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Sat, 29 Nov 2025 03:35:26 +0000 (22:35 -0500)
commit6a28b5c9908d6e7ea13eae7a5872e8e081a397c4
tree2b6f516262008c2c19e4a4e388b46c3df7c0da96
parent8611e608a8fa01e8b82c9008b4dac9f24531ae0f
ext4: support large block size in ext4_calculate_overhead()

ext4_calculate_overhead() used a single page for its bitmap buffer, which
worked fine when PAGE_SIZE >= block size. However, with block size greater
than page size (BS > PS) support, the bitmap can exceed a single page.

To address this, we now use kvmalloc() to allocate memory of the filesystem
block size, to properly support BS > PS.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <20251121090654.631996-8-libaokun@huaweicloud.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/super.c