The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to stable@vger.kernel.org.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x be112e7449a6e1b54aa9feac618825d154b3a5c7 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to 'stable@vger.kernel.org' --in-reply-to '2025122946-opponent-boozy-7af8@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' HEAD^..
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thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From be112e7449a6e1b54aa9feac618825d154b3a5c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chao Yu chao@kernel.org Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 14:35:33 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: fix to propagate error from f2fs_enable_checkpoint()
In order to let userspace detect such error rather than suffering silent failure.
Fixes: 4354994f097d ("f2fs: checkpoint disabling") Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Chao Yu chao@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim jaegeuk@kernel.org
diff --git a/fs/f2fs/super.c b/fs/f2fs/super.c index f76ba2b08be0..60382c9b5293 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/super.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/super.c @@ -2632,10 +2632,11 @@ static int f2fs_disable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) return err; }
-static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) +static int f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) { unsigned int nr_pages = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DATA) / 16; long long start, writeback, end; + int ret;
f2fs_info(sbi, "f2fs_enable_checkpoint() starts, meta: %lld, node: %lld, data: %lld", get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_META), @@ -2669,7 +2670,9 @@ static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) set_sbi_flag(sbi, SBI_IS_DIRTY); f2fs_up_write(&sbi->gc_lock);
- f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1); + ret = f2fs_sync_fs(sbi->sb, 1); + if (ret) + f2fs_err(sbi, "%s sync_fs failed, ret: %d", __func__, ret);
/* Let's ensure there's no pending checkpoint anymore */ f2fs_flush_ckpt_thread(sbi); @@ -2679,6 +2682,7 @@ static void f2fs_enable_checkpoint(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi) f2fs_info(sbi, "f2fs_enable_checkpoint() finishes, writeback:%llu, sync:%llu", ktime_ms_delta(writeback, start), ktime_ms_delta(end, writeback)); + return ret; }
static int __f2fs_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb) @@ -2892,7 +2896,9 @@ static int __f2fs_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb) goto restore_discard; need_enable_checkpoint = true; } else { - f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi); + err = f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi); + if (err) + goto restore_discard; need_disable_checkpoint = true; } } @@ -2935,7 +2941,8 @@ static int __f2fs_remount(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb) return 0; restore_checkpoint: if (need_enable_checkpoint) { - f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi); + if (f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi)) + f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint has not been enabled"); } else if (need_disable_checkpoint) { if (f2fs_disable_checkpoint(sbi)) f2fs_warn(sbi, "checkpoint has not been disabled"); @@ -5212,13 +5219,12 @@ static int f2fs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, struct fs_context *fc) if (err) goto sync_free_meta;
- if (test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_CHECKPOINT)) { + if (test_opt(sbi, DISABLE_CHECKPOINT)) err = f2fs_disable_checkpoint(sbi); - if (err) - goto sync_free_meta; - } else if (is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_DISABLED_FLAG)) { - f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi); - } + else if (is_set_ckpt_flags(sbi, CP_DISABLED_FLAG)) + err = f2fs_enable_checkpoint(sbi); + if (err) + goto sync_free_meta;
/* * If filesystem is not mounted as read-only then