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[linux/fpc-iii.git] / fs / ext4 / ialloc.c

// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
 *  linux/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
 *
 * Copyright (C) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
 * Remy Card (card@masi.ibp.fr)
 * Laboratoire MASI - Institut Blaise Pascal
 * Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)
 *
 *  BSD ufs-inspired inode and directory allocation by
 *  Stephen Tweedie (sct@redhat.com), 1993
 *  Big-endian to little-endian byte-swapping/bitmaps by
 *        David S. Miller (davem@caip.rutgers.edu), 1995
 */

#include <linux/time.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/stat.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/quotaops.h>
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/cred.h>

#include <asm/byteorder.h>

#include "ext4.h"
#include "ext4_jbd2.h"
#include "xattr.h"
#include "acl.h"

#include <trace/events/ext4.h>

/*
 * ialloc.c contains the inodes allocation and deallocation routines
 */

/*
 * The free inodes are managed by bitmaps.  A file system contains several
 * blocks groups.  Each group contains 1 bitmap block for blocks, 1 bitmap
 * block for inodes, N blocks for the inode table and data blocks.
 *
 * The file system contains group descriptors which are located after the
 * super block.  Each descriptor contains the number of the bitmap block and
 * the free blocks count in the block.
 */

/*
 * To avoid calling the atomic setbit hundreds or thousands of times, we only
 * need to use it within a single byte (to ensure we get endianness right).
 * We can use memset for the rest of the bitmap as there are no other users.
 */
void ext4_mark_bitmap_end(int start_bit, int end_bit, char *bitmap)
{
        int i;

        if (start_bit >= end_bit)
                return;

        ext4_debug("mark end bits +%d through +%d used\n", start_bit, end_bit);
        for (i = start_bit; i < ((start_bit + 7) & ~7UL); i++)
                ext4_set_bit(i, bitmap);
        if (i < end_bit)
                memset(bitmap + (i >> 3), 0xff, (end_bit - i) >> 3);
}

void ext4_end_bitmap_read(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
{
        if (uptodate) {
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                set_bitmap_uptodate(bh);
        }
        unlock_buffer(bh);
        put_bh(bh);
}

static int ext4_validate_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,
                                      struct ext4_group_desc *desc,
                                      ext4_group_t block_group,
                                      struct buffer_head *bh)
{
        ext4_fsblk_t    blk;
        struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, block_group);

        if (buffer_verified(bh))
                return 0;
        if (EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
                return -EFSCORRUPTED;

        ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
        if (buffer_verified(bh))
                goto verified;
        blk = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc);
        if (!ext4_inode_bitmap_csum_verify(sb, block_group, desc, bh,
                                           EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) / 8) ||
            ext4_simulate_fail(sb, EXT4_SIM_IBITMAP_CRC)) {
                ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
                ext4_error(sb, "Corrupt inode bitmap - block_group = %u, "
                           "inode_bitmap = %llu", block_group, blk);
                ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, block_group,
                                        EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT);
                return -EFSBADCRC;
        }
        set_buffer_verified(bh);
verified:
        ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
        return 0;
}

/*
 * Read the inode allocation bitmap for a given block_group, reading
 * into the specified slot in the superblock's bitmap cache.
 *
 * Return buffer_head of bitmap on success, or an ERR_PTR on error.
 */
static struct buffer_head *
ext4_read_inode_bitmap(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t block_group)
{
        struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct buffer_head *bh = NULL;
        ext4_fsblk_t bitmap_blk;
        int err;

        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, NULL);
        if (!desc)
                return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);

        bitmap_blk = ext4_inode_bitmap(sb, desc);
        if ((bitmap_blk <= le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_first_data_block)) ||
            (bitmap_blk >= ext4_blocks_count(sbi->s_es))) {
                ext4_error(sb, "Invalid inode bitmap blk %llu in "
                           "block_group %u", bitmap_blk, block_group);
                ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, block_group,
                                        EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT);
                return ERR_PTR(-EFSCORRUPTED);
        }
        bh = sb_getblk(sb, bitmap_blk);
        if (unlikely(!bh)) {
                ext4_warning(sb, "Cannot read inode bitmap - "
                             "block_group = %u, inode_bitmap = %llu",
                             block_group, bitmap_blk);
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        }
        if (bitmap_uptodate(bh))
                goto verify;

        lock_buffer(bh);
        if (bitmap_uptodate(bh)) {
                unlock_buffer(bh);
                goto verify;
        }

        ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
        if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
            (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT))) {
                if (block_group == 0) {
                        ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
                        unlock_buffer(bh);
                        ext4_error(sb, "Inode bitmap for bg 0 marked "
                                   "uninitialized");
                        err = -EFSCORRUPTED;
                        goto out;
                }
                memset(bh->b_data, 0, (EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) + 7) / 8);
                ext4_mark_bitmap_end(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb),
                                     sb->s_blocksize * 8, bh->b_data);
                set_bitmap_uptodate(bh);
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                set_buffer_verified(bh);
                ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
                unlock_buffer(bh);
                return bh;
        }
        ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);

        if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                /*
                 * if not uninit if bh is uptodate,
                 * bitmap is also uptodate
                 */
                set_bitmap_uptodate(bh);
                unlock_buffer(bh);
                goto verify;
        }
        /*
         * submit the buffer_head for reading
         */
        trace_ext4_load_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
        bh->b_end_io = ext4_end_bitmap_read;
        get_bh(bh);
        submit_bh(REQ_OP_READ, REQ_META | REQ_PRIO, bh);
        wait_on_buffer(bh);
        ext4_simulate_fail_bh(sb, bh, EXT4_SIM_IBITMAP_EIO);
        if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
                put_bh(bh);
                ext4_error_err(sb, EIO, "Cannot read inode bitmap - "
                               "block_group = %u, inode_bitmap = %llu",
                               block_group, bitmap_blk);
                ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, block_group,
                                EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT);
                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
        }

verify:
        err = ext4_validate_inode_bitmap(sb, desc, block_group, bh);
        if (err)
                goto out;
        return bh;
out:
        put_bh(bh);
        return ERR_PTR(err);
}

/*
 * NOTE! When we get the inode, we're the only people
 * that have access to it, and as such there are no
 * race conditions we have to worry about. The inode
 * is not on the hash-lists, and it cannot be reached
 * through the filesystem because the directory entry
 * has been deleted earlier.
 *
 * HOWEVER: we must make sure that we get no aliases,
 * which means that we have to call "clear_inode()"
 * _before_ we mark the inode not in use in the inode
 * bitmaps. Otherwise a newly created file might use
 * the same inode number (not actually the same pointer
 * though), and then we'd have two inodes sharing the
 * same inode number and space on the harddisk.
 */
void ext4_free_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
{
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
        int is_directory;
        unsigned long ino;
        struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
        struct buffer_head *bh2;
        ext4_group_t block_group;
        unsigned long bit;
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
        struct ext4_super_block *es;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
        int fatal = 0, err, count, cleared;
        struct ext4_group_info *grp;

        if (!sb) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: %s:%d: inode on "
                       "nonexistent device\n", __func__, __LINE__);
                return;
        }
        if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count) > 1) {
                ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "%s:%d: inode #%lu: count=%d",
                         __func__, __LINE__, inode->i_ino,
                         atomic_read(&inode->i_count));
                return;
        }
        if (inode->i_nlink) {
                ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "%s:%d: inode #%lu: nlink=%d\n",
                         __func__, __LINE__, inode->i_ino, inode->i_nlink);
                return;
        }
        sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);

        ino = inode->i_ino;
        ext4_debug("freeing inode %lu\n", ino);
        trace_ext4_free_inode(inode);

        dquot_initialize(inode);
        dquot_free_inode(inode);

        is_directory = S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode);

        /* Do this BEFORE marking the inode not in use or returning an error */
        ext4_clear_inode(inode);

        es = sbi->s_es;
        if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > le32_to_cpu(es->s_inodes_count)) {
                ext4_error(sb, "reserved or nonexistent inode %lu", ino);
                goto error_return;
        }
        block_group = (ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
        bit = (ino - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
        bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
        /* Don't bother if the inode bitmap is corrupt. */
        grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, block_group);
        if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
                fatal = PTR_ERR(bitmap_bh);
                bitmap_bh = NULL;
                goto error_return;
        }
        if (unlikely(EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))) {
                fatal = -EFSCORRUPTED;
                goto error_return;
        }

        BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
        fatal = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bitmap_bh);
        if (fatal)
                goto error_return;

        fatal = -ESRCH;
        gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, block_group, &bh2);
        if (gdp) {
                BUFFER_TRACE(bh2, "get_write_access");
                fatal = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh2);
        }
        ext4_lock_group(sb, block_group);
        cleared = ext4_test_and_clear_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data);
        if (fatal || !cleared) {
                ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);
                goto out;
        }

        count = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp) + 1;
        ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, count);
        if (is_directory) {
                count = ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp) - 1;
                ext4_used_dirs_set(sb, gdp, count);
                percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);
        }
        ext4_inode_bitmap_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp, bitmap_bh,
                                   EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) / 8);
        ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, block_group, gdp);
        ext4_unlock_group(sb, block_group);

        percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
        if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                struct flex_groups *fg;

                fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
                                         ext4_flex_group(sbi, block_group));
                atomic_inc(&fg->free_inodes);
                if (is_directory)
                        atomic_dec(&fg->used_dirs);
        }
        BUFFER_TRACE(bh2, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
        fatal = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh2);
out:
        if (cleared) {
                BUFFER_TRACE(bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
                err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bitmap_bh);
                if (!fatal)
                        fatal = err;
        } else {
                ext4_error(sb, "bit already cleared for inode %lu", ino);
                ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, block_group,
                                        EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT);
        }

error_return:
        brelse(bitmap_bh);
        ext4_std_error(sb, fatal);
}

struct orlov_stats {
        __u64 free_clusters;
        __u32 free_inodes;
        __u32 used_dirs;
};

/*
 * Helper function for Orlov's allocator; returns critical information
 * for a particular block group or flex_bg.  If flex_size is 1, then g
 * is a block group number; otherwise it is flex_bg number.
 */
static void get_orlov_stats(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t g,
                            int flex_size, struct orlov_stats *stats)
{
        struct ext4_group_desc *desc;

        if (flex_size > 1) {
                struct flex_groups *fg = sbi_array_rcu_deref(EXT4_SB(sb),
                                                             s_flex_groups, g);
                stats->free_inodes = atomic_read(&fg->free_inodes);
                stats->free_clusters = atomic64_read(&fg->free_clusters);
                stats->used_dirs = atomic_read(&fg->used_dirs);
                return;
        }

        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, g, NULL);
        if (desc) {
                stats->free_inodes = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc);
                stats->free_clusters = ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, desc);
                stats->used_dirs = ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, desc);
        } else {
                stats->free_inodes = 0;
                stats->free_clusters = 0;
                stats->used_dirs = 0;
        }
}

/*
 * Orlov's allocator for directories.
 *
 * We always try to spread first-level directories.
 *
 * If there are blockgroups with both free inodes and free blocks counts
 * not worse than average we return one with smallest directory count.
 * Otherwise we simply return a random group.
 *
 * For the rest rules look so:
 *
 * It's OK to put directory into a group unless
 * it has too many directories already (max_dirs) or
 * it has too few free inodes left (min_inodes) or
 * it has too few free blocks left (min_blocks) or
 * Parent's group is preferred, if it doesn't satisfy these
 * conditions we search cyclically through the rest. If none
 * of the groups look good we just look for a group with more
 * free inodes than average (starting at parent's group).
 */

static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
                            ext4_group_t *group, umode_t mode,
                            const struct qstr *qstr)
{
        ext4_group_t parent_group = EXT4_I(parent)->i_block_group;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        ext4_group_t real_ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
        int inodes_per_group = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
        unsigned int freei, avefreei, grp_free;
        ext4_fsblk_t freeb, avefreec;
        unsigned int ndirs;
        int max_dirs, min_inodes;
        ext4_grpblk_t min_clusters;
        ext4_group_t i, grp, g, ngroups;
        struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
        struct orlov_stats stats;
        int flex_size = ext4_flex_bg_size(sbi);
        struct dx_hash_info hinfo;

        ngroups = real_ngroups;
        if (flex_size > 1) {
                ngroups = (real_ngroups + flex_size - 1) >>
                        sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
                parent_group >>= sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
        }

        freei = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
        avefreei = freei / ngroups;
        freeb = EXT4_C2B(sbi,
                percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_freeclusters_counter));
        avefreec = freeb;
        do_div(avefreec, ngroups);
        ndirs = percpu_counter_read_positive(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);

        if (S_ISDIR(mode) &&
            ((parent == d_inode(sb->s_root)) ||
             (ext4_test_inode_flag(parent, EXT4_INODE_TOPDIR)))) {
                int best_ndir = inodes_per_group;
                int ret = -1;

                if (qstr) {
                        hinfo.hash_version = DX_HASH_HALF_MD4;
                        hinfo.seed = sbi->s_hash_seed;
                        ext4fs_dirhash(parent, qstr->name, qstr->len, &hinfo);
                        grp = hinfo.hash;
                } else
                        grp = prandom_u32();
                parent_group = (unsigned)grp % ngroups;
                for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                        g = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                        get_orlov_stats(sb, g, flex_size, &stats);
                        if (!stats.free_inodes)
                                continue;
                        if (stats.used_dirs >= best_ndir)
                                continue;
                        if (stats.free_inodes < avefreei)
                                continue;
                        if (stats.free_clusters < avefreec)
                                continue;
                        grp = g;
                        ret = 0;
                        best_ndir = stats.used_dirs;
                }
                if (ret)
                        goto fallback;
        found_flex_bg:
                if (flex_size == 1) {
                        *group = grp;
                        return 0;
                }

                /*
                 * We pack inodes at the beginning of the flexgroup's
                 * inode tables.  Block allocation decisions will do
                 * something similar, although regular files will
                 * start at 2nd block group of the flexgroup.  See
                 * ext4_ext_find_goal() and ext4_find_near().
                 */
                grp *= flex_size;
                for (i = 0; i < flex_size; i++) {
                        if (grp+i >= real_ngroups)
                                break;
                        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, grp+i, NULL);
                        if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc)) {
                                *group = grp+i;
                                return 0;
                        }
                }
                goto fallback;
        }

        max_dirs = ndirs / ngroups + inodes_per_group / 16;
        min_inodes = avefreei - inodes_per_group*flex_size / 4;
        if (min_inodes < 1)
                min_inodes = 1;
        min_clusters = avefreec - EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb)*flex_size / 4;

        /*
         * Start looking in the flex group where we last allocated an
         * inode for this parent directory
         */
        if (EXT4_I(parent)->i_last_alloc_group != ~0) {
                parent_group = EXT4_I(parent)->i_last_alloc_group;
                if (flex_size > 1)
                        parent_group >>= sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex;
        }

        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                grp = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                get_orlov_stats(sb, grp, flex_size, &stats);
                if (stats.used_dirs >= max_dirs)
                        continue;
                if (stats.free_inodes < min_inodes)
                        continue;
                if (stats.free_clusters < min_clusters)
                        continue;
                goto found_flex_bg;
        }

fallback:
        ngroups = real_ngroups;
        avefreei = freei / ngroups;
fallback_retry:
        parent_group = EXT4_I(parent)->i_block_group;
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                grp = (parent_group + i) % ngroups;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, grp, NULL);
                if (desc) {
                        grp_free = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc);
                        if (grp_free && grp_free >= avefreei) {
                                *group = grp;
                                return 0;
                        }
                }
        }

        if (avefreei) {
                /*
                 * The free-inodes counter is approximate, and for really small
                 * filesystems the above test can fail to find any blockgroups
                 */
                avefreei = 0;
                goto fallback_retry;
        }

        return -1;
}

static int find_group_other(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent,
                            ext4_group_t *group, umode_t mode)
{
        ext4_group_t parent_group = EXT4_I(parent)->i_block_group;
        ext4_group_t i, last, ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
        struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
        int flex_size = ext4_flex_bg_size(EXT4_SB(sb));

        /*
         * Try to place the inode is the same flex group as its
         * parent.  If we can't find space, use the Orlov algorithm to
         * find another flex group, and store that information in the
         * parent directory's inode information so that use that flex
         * group for future allocations.
         */
        if (flex_size > 1) {
                int retry = 0;

        try_again:
                parent_group &= ~(flex_size-1);
                last = parent_group + flex_size;
                if (last > ngroups)
                        last = ngroups;
                for  (i = parent_group; i < last; i++) {
                        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                        if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc)) {
                                *group = i;
                                return 0;
                        }
                }
                if (!retry && EXT4_I(parent)->i_last_alloc_group != ~0) {
                        retry = 1;
                        parent_group = EXT4_I(parent)->i_last_alloc_group;
                        goto try_again;
                }
                /*
                 * If this didn't work, use the Orlov search algorithm
                 * to find a new flex group; we pass in the mode to
                 * avoid the topdir algorithms.
                 */
                *group = parent_group + flex_size;
                if (*group > ngroups)
                        *group = 0;
                return find_group_orlov(sb, parent, group, mode, NULL);
        }

        /*
         * Try to place the inode in its parent directory
         */
        *group = parent_group;
        desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
        if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) &&
            ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, desc))
                return 0;

        /*
         * We're going to place this inode in a different blockgroup from its
         * parent.  We want to cause files in a common directory to all land in
         * the same blockgroup.  But we want files which are in a different
         * directory which shares a blockgroup with our parent to land in a
         * different blockgroup.
         *
         * So add our directory's i_ino into the starting point for the hash.
         */
        *group = (*group + parent->i_ino) % ngroups;

        /*
         * Use a quadratic hash to find a group with a free inode and some free
         * blocks.
         */
        for (i = 1; i < ngroups; i <<= 1) {
                *group += i;
                if (*group >= ngroups)
                        *group -= ngroups;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
                if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc) &&
                    ext4_free_group_clusters(sb, desc))
                        return 0;
        }

        /*
         * That failed: try linear search for a free inode, even if that group
         * has no free blocks.
         */
        *group = parent_group;
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                if (++*group >= ngroups)
                        *group = 0;
                desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, *group, NULL);
                if (desc && ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc))
                        return 0;
        }

        return -1;
}

/*
 * In no journal mode, if an inode has recently been deleted, we want
 * to avoid reusing it until we're reasonably sure the inode table
 * block has been written back to disk.  (Yes, these values are
 * somewhat arbitrary...)
 */
#define RECENTCY_MIN    60
#define RECENTCY_DIRTY  300

static int recently_deleted(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group, int ino)
{
        struct ext4_group_desc  *gdp;
        struct ext4_inode       *raw_inode;
        struct buffer_head      *bh;
        int inodes_per_block = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_inodes_per_block;
        int offset, ret = 0;
        int recentcy = RECENTCY_MIN;
        u32 dtime, now;

        gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, NULL);
        if (unlikely(!gdp))
                return 0;

        bh = sb_find_get_block(sb, ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) +
                       (ino / inodes_per_block));
        if (!bh || !buffer_uptodate(bh))
                /*
                 * If the block is not in the buffer cache, then it
                 * must have been written out.
                 */
                goto out;

        offset = (ino % inodes_per_block) * EXT4_INODE_SIZE(sb);
        raw_inode = (struct ext4_inode *) (bh->b_data + offset);

        /* i_dtime is only 32 bits on disk, but we only care about relative
         * times in the range of a few minutes (i.e. long enough to sync a
         * recently-deleted inode to disk), so using the low 32 bits of the
         * clock (a 68 year range) is enough, see time_before32() */
        dtime = le32_to_cpu(raw_inode->i_dtime);
        now = ktime_get_real_seconds();
        if (buffer_dirty(bh))
                recentcy += RECENTCY_DIRTY;

        if (dtime && time_before32(dtime, now) &&
            time_before32(now, dtime + recentcy))
                ret = 1;
out:
        brelse(bh);
        return ret;
}

static int find_inode_bit(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
                          struct buffer_head *bitmap, unsigned long *ino)
{
        bool check_recently_deleted = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal == NULL;
        unsigned long recently_deleted_ino = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);

next:
        *ino = ext4_find_next_zero_bit((unsigned long *)
                                       bitmap->b_data,
                                       EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb), *ino);
        if (*ino >= EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb))
                goto not_found;

        if (check_recently_deleted && recently_deleted(sb, group, *ino)) {
                recently_deleted_ino = *ino;
                *ino = *ino + 1;
                if (*ino < EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb))
                        goto next;
                goto not_found;
        }
        return 1;
not_found:
        if (recently_deleted_ino >= EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb))
                return 0;
        /*
         * Not reusing recently deleted inodes is mostly a preference. We don't
         * want to report ENOSPC or skew allocation patterns because of that.
         * So return even recently deleted inode if we could find better in the
         * given range.
         */
        *ino = recently_deleted_ino;
        return 1;
}

/*
 * There are two policies for allocating an inode.  If the new inode is
 * a directory, then a forward search is made for a block group with both
 * free space and a low directory-to-inode ratio; if that fails, then of
 * the groups with above-average free space, that group with the fewest
 * directories already is chosen.
 *
 * For other inodes, search forward from the parent directory's block
 * group to find a free inode.
 */
struct inode *__ext4_new_inode(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
                               umode_t mode, const struct qstr *qstr,
                               __u32 goal, uid_t *owner, __u32 i_flags,
                               int handle_type, unsigned int line_no,
                               int nblocks)
{
        struct super_block *sb;
        struct buffer_head *inode_bitmap_bh = NULL;
        struct buffer_head *group_desc_bh;
        ext4_group_t ngroups, group = 0;
        unsigned long ino = 0;
        struct inode *inode;
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
        struct ext4_inode_info *ei;
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
        int ret2, err;
        struct inode *ret;
        ext4_group_t i;
        ext4_group_t flex_group;
        struct ext4_group_info *grp;
        int encrypt = 0;

        /* Cannot create files in a deleted directory */
        if (!dir || !dir->i_nlink)
                return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);

        sb = dir->i_sb;
        sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);

        if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(sbi)))
                return ERR_PTR(-EIO);

        if ((IS_ENCRYPTED(dir) || DUMMY_ENCRYPTION_ENABLED(sbi)) &&
            (S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) &&
            !(i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
                err = fscrypt_get_encryption_info(dir);
                if (err)
                        return ERR_PTR(err);
                if (!fscrypt_has_encryption_key(dir))
                        return ERR_PTR(-ENOKEY);
                encrypt = 1;
        }

        if (!handle && sbi->s_journal && !(i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
#ifdef CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL
                struct posix_acl *p = get_acl(dir, ACL_TYPE_DEFAULT);

                if (IS_ERR(p))
                        return ERR_CAST(p);
                if (p) {
                        int acl_size = p->a_count * sizeof(ext4_acl_entry);

                        nblocks += (S_ISDIR(mode) ? 2 : 1) *
                                __ext4_xattr_set_credits(sb, NULL /* inode */,
                                        NULL /* block_bh */, acl_size,
                                        true /* is_create */);
                        posix_acl_release(p);
                }
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
                {
                        int num_security_xattrs = 1;

#ifdef CONFIG_INTEGRITY
                        num_security_xattrs++;
#endif
                        /*
                         * We assume that security xattrs are never
                         * more than 1k.  In practice they are under
                         * 128 bytes.
                         */
                        nblocks += num_security_xattrs *
                                __ext4_xattr_set_credits(sb, NULL /* inode */,
                                        NULL /* block_bh */, 1024,
                                        true /* is_create */);
                }
#endif
                if (encrypt)
                        nblocks += __ext4_xattr_set_credits(sb,
                                        NULL /* inode */, NULL /* block_bh */,
                                        FSCRYPT_SET_CONTEXT_MAX_SIZE,
                                        true /* is_create */);
        }

        ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
        trace_ext4_request_inode(dir, mode);
        inode = new_inode(sb);
        if (!inode)
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        ei = EXT4_I(inode);

        /*
         * Initialize owners and quota early so that we don't have to account
         * for quota initialization worst case in standard inode creating
         * transaction
         */
        if (owner) {
                inode->i_mode = mode;
                i_uid_write(inode, owner[0]);
                i_gid_write(inode, owner[1]);
        } else if (test_opt(sb, GRPID)) {
                inode->i_mode = mode;
                inode->i_uid = current_fsuid();
                inode->i_gid = dir->i_gid;
        } else
                inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);

        if (ext4_has_feature_project(sb) &&
            ext4_test_inode_flag(dir, EXT4_INODE_PROJINHERIT))
                ei->i_projid = EXT4_I(dir)->i_projid;
        else
                ei->i_projid = make_kprojid(&init_user_ns, EXT4_DEF_PROJID);

        err = dquot_initialize(inode);
        if (err)
                goto out;

        if (!goal)
                goal = sbi->s_inode_goal;

        if (goal && goal <= le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_inodes_count)) {
                group = (goal - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
                ino = (goal - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
                ret2 = 0;
                goto got_group;
        }

        if (S_ISDIR(mode))
                ret2 = find_group_orlov(sb, dir, &group, mode, qstr);
        else
                ret2 = find_group_other(sb, dir, &group, mode);

got_group:
        EXT4_I(dir)->i_last_alloc_group = group;
        err = -ENOSPC;
        if (ret2 == -1)
                goto out;

        /*
         * Normally we will only go through one pass of this loop,
         * unless we get unlucky and it turns out the group we selected
         * had its last inode grabbed by someone else.
         */
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++, ino = 0) {
                err = -EIO;

                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &group_desc_bh);
                if (!gdp)
                        goto out;

                /*
                 * Check free inodes count before loading bitmap.
                 */
                if (ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp) == 0)
                        goto next_group;

                grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
                /* Skip groups with already-known suspicious inode tables */
                if (EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp))
                        goto next_group;

                brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
                inode_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, group);
                /* Skip groups with suspicious inode tables */
                if (EXT4_MB_GRP_IBITMAP_CORRUPT(grp) ||
                    IS_ERR(inode_bitmap_bh)) {
                        inode_bitmap_bh = NULL;
                        goto next_group;
                }

repeat_in_this_group:
                ret2 = find_inode_bit(sb, group, inode_bitmap_bh, &ino);
                if (!ret2)
                        goto next_group;

                if (group == 0 && (ino + 1) < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb)) {
                        ext4_error(sb, "reserved inode found cleared - "
                                   "inode=%lu", ino + 1);
                        ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, group,
                                        EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT);
                        goto next_group;
                }

                if (!handle) {
                        BUG_ON(nblocks <= 0);
                        handle = __ext4_journal_start_sb(dir->i_sb, line_no,
                                 handle_type, nblocks, 0,
                                 ext4_trans_default_revoke_credits(sb));
                        if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                                err = PTR_ERR(handle);
                                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                                goto out;
                        }
                }
                BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "get_write_access");
                err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, inode_bitmap_bh);
                if (err) {
                        ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                        goto out;
                }
                ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
                ret2 = ext4_test_and_set_bit(ino, inode_bitmap_bh->b_data);
                if (ret2) {
                        /* Someone already took the bit. Repeat the search
                         * with lock held.
                         */
                        ret2 = find_inode_bit(sb, group, inode_bitmap_bh, &ino);
                        if (ret2) {
                                ext4_set_bit(ino, inode_bitmap_bh->b_data);
                                ret2 = 0;
                        } else {
                                ret2 = 1; /* we didn't grab the inode */
                        }
                }
                ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
                ino++;          /* the inode bitmap is zero-based */
                if (!ret2)
                        goto got; /* we grabbed the inode! */

                if (ino < EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb))
                        goto repeat_in_this_group;
next_group:
                if (++group == ngroups)
                        group = 0;
        }
        err = -ENOSPC;
        goto out;

got:
        BUFFER_TRACE(inode_bitmap_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
        err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, inode_bitmap_bh);
        if (err) {
                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                goto out;
        }

        BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
        err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, group_desc_bh);
        if (err) {
                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                goto out;
        }

        /* We may have to initialize the block bitmap if it isn't already */
        if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
            gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT)) {
                struct buffer_head *block_bitmap_bh;

                block_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group);
                if (IS_ERR(block_bitmap_bh)) {
                        err = PTR_ERR(block_bitmap_bh);
                        goto out;
                }
                BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "get block bitmap access");
                err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, block_bitmap_bh);
                if (err) {
                        brelse(block_bitmap_bh);
                        ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                        goto out;
                }

                BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "dirty block bitmap");
                err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, block_bitmap_bh);

                /* recheck and clear flag under lock if we still need to */
                ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
                if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb) &&
                    (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))) {
                        gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT);
                        ext4_free_group_clusters_set(sb, gdp,
                                ext4_free_clusters_after_init(sb, group, gdp));
                        ext4_block_bitmap_csum_set(sb, group, gdp,
                                                   block_bitmap_bh);
                        ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
                }
                ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);
                brelse(block_bitmap_bh);

                if (err) {
                        ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                        goto out;
                }
        }

        /* Update the relevant bg descriptor fields */
        if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb)) {
                int free;
                struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);

                down_read(&grp->alloc_sem); /* protect vs itable lazyinit */
                ext4_lock_group(sb, group); /* while we modify the bg desc */
                free = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
                        ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp);
                if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT)) {
                        gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT);
                        free = 0;
                }
                /*
                 * Check the relative inode number against the last used
                 * relative inode number in this group. if it is greater
                 * we need to update the bg_itable_unused count
                 */
                if (ino > free)
                        ext4_itable_unused_set(sb, gdp,
                                        (EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) - ino));
                up_read(&grp->alloc_sem);
        } else {
                ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
        }

        ext4_free_inodes_set(sb, gdp, ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp) - 1);
        if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
                ext4_used_dirs_set(sb, gdp, ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp) + 1);
                if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                        ext4_group_t f = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);

                        atomic_inc(&sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
                                                        f)->used_dirs);
                }
        }
        if (ext4_has_group_desc_csum(sb)) {
                ext4_inode_bitmap_csum_set(sb, group, gdp, inode_bitmap_bh,
                                           EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) / 8);
                ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
        }
        ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);

        BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
        err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, group_desc_bh);
        if (err) {
                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                goto out;
        }

        percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
        if (S_ISDIR(mode))
                percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);

        if (sbi->s_log_groups_per_flex) {
                flex_group = ext4_flex_group(sbi, group);
                atomic_dec(&sbi_array_rcu_deref(sbi, s_flex_groups,
                                                flex_group)->free_inodes);
        }

        inode->i_ino = ino + group * EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
        /* This is the optimal IO size (for stat), not the fs block size */
        inode->i_blocks = 0;
        inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = current_time(inode);
        ei->i_crtime = inode->i_mtime;

        memset(ei->i_data, 0, sizeof(ei->i_data));
        ei->i_dir_start_lookup = 0;
        ei->i_disksize = 0;

        /* Don't inherit extent flag from directory, amongst others. */
        ei->i_flags =
                ext4_mask_flags(mode, EXT4_I(dir)->i_flags & EXT4_FL_INHERITED);
        ei->i_flags |= i_flags;
        ei->i_file_acl = 0;
        ei->i_dtime = 0;
        ei->i_block_group = group;
        ei->i_last_alloc_group = ~0;

        ext4_set_inode_flags(inode, true);
        if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
                ext4_handle_sync(handle);
        if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
                /*
                 * Likely a bitmap corruption causing inode to be allocated
                 * twice.
                 */
                err = -EIO;
                ext4_error(sb, "failed to insert inode %lu: doubly allocated?",
                           inode->i_ino);
                ext4_mark_group_bitmap_corrupted(sb, group,
                                        EXT4_GROUP_INFO_IBITMAP_CORRUPT);
                goto out;
        }
        inode->i_generation = prandom_u32();

        /* Precompute checksum seed for inode metadata */
        if (ext4_has_metadata_csum(sb)) {
                __u32 csum;
                __le32 inum = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_ino);
                __le32 gen = cpu_to_le32(inode->i_generation);
                csum = ext4_chksum(sbi, sbi->s_csum_seed, (__u8 *)&inum,
                                   sizeof(inum));
                ei->i_csum_seed = ext4_chksum(sbi, csum, (__u8 *)&gen,
                                              sizeof(gen));
        }

        ext4_clear_state_flags(ei); /* Only relevant on 32-bit archs */
        ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW);

        ei->i_extra_isize = sbi->s_want_extra_isize;
        ei->i_inline_off = 0;
        if (ext4_has_feature_inline_data(sb))
                ext4_set_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_MAY_INLINE_DATA);
        ret = inode;
        err = dquot_alloc_inode(inode);
        if (err)
                goto fail_drop;

        /*
         * Since the encryption xattr will always be unique, create it first so
         * that it's less likely to end up in an external xattr block and
         * prevent its deduplication.
         */
        if (encrypt) {
                err = fscrypt_inherit_context(dir, inode, handle, true);
                if (err)
                        goto fail_free_drop;
        }

        if (!(ei->i_flags & EXT4_EA_INODE_FL)) {
                err = ext4_init_acl(handle, inode, dir);
                if (err)
                        goto fail_free_drop;

                err = ext4_init_security(handle, inode, dir, qstr);
                if (err)
                        goto fail_free_drop;
        }

        if (ext4_has_feature_extents(sb)) {
                /* set extent flag only for directory, file and normal symlink*/
                if (S_ISDIR(mode) || S_ISREG(mode) || S_ISLNK(mode)) {
                        ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS);
                        ext4_ext_tree_init(handle, inode);
                }
        }

        if (ext4_handle_valid(handle)) {
                ei->i_sync_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid;
                ei->i_datasync_tid = handle->h_transaction->t_tid;
        }

        err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
        if (err) {
                ext4_std_error(sb, err);
                goto fail_free_drop;
        }

        ext4_debug("allocating inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
        trace_ext4_allocate_inode(inode, dir, mode);
        brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
        return ret;

fail_free_drop:
        dquot_free_inode(inode);
fail_drop:
        clear_nlink(inode);
        unlock_new_inode(inode);
out:
        dquot_drop(inode);
        inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA;
        iput(inode);
        brelse(inode_bitmap_bh);
        return ERR_PTR(err);
}

/* Verify that we are loading a valid orphan from disk */
struct inode *ext4_orphan_get(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
{
        unsigned long max_ino = le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_inodes_count);
        ext4_group_t block_group;
        int bit;
        struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;
        struct inode *inode = NULL;
        int err = -EFSCORRUPTED;

        if (ino < EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb) || ino > max_ino)
                goto bad_orphan;

        block_group = (ino - 1) / EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
        bit = (ino - 1) % EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb);
        bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, block_group);
        if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh))
                return ERR_CAST(bitmap_bh);

        /* Having the inode bit set should be a 100% indicator that this
         * is a valid orphan (no e2fsck run on fs).  Orphans also include
         * inodes that were being truncated, so we can't check i_nlink==0.
         */
        if (!ext4_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data))
                goto bad_orphan;

        inode = ext4_iget(sb, ino, EXT4_IGET_NORMAL);
        if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
                err = PTR_ERR(inode);
                ext4_error_err(sb, -err,
                               "couldn't read orphan inode %lu (err %d)",
                               ino, err);
                brelse(bitmap_bh);
                return inode;
        }

        /*
         * If the orphans has i_nlinks > 0 then it should be able to
         * be truncated, otherwise it won't be removed from the orphan
         * list during processing and an infinite loop will result.
         * Similarly, it must not be a bad inode.
         */
        if ((inode->i_nlink && !ext4_can_truncate(inode)) ||
            is_bad_inode(inode))
                goto bad_orphan;

        if (NEXT_ORPHAN(inode) > max_ino)
                goto bad_orphan;
        brelse(bitmap_bh);
        return inode;

bad_orphan:
        ext4_error(sb, "bad orphan inode %lu", ino);
        if (bitmap_bh)
                printk(KERN_ERR "ext4_test_bit(bit=%d, block=%llu) = %d\n",
                       bit, (unsigned long long)bitmap_bh->b_blocknr,
                       ext4_test_bit(bit, bitmap_bh->b_data));
        if (inode) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "is_bad_inode(inode)=%d\n",
                       is_bad_inode(inode));
                printk(KERN_ERR "NEXT_ORPHAN(inode)=%u\n",
                       NEXT_ORPHAN(inode));
                printk(KERN_ERR "max_ino=%lu\n", max_ino);
                printk(KERN_ERR "i_nlink=%u\n", inode->i_nlink);
                /* Avoid freeing blocks if we got a bad deleted inode */
                if (inode->i_nlink == 0)
                        inode->i_blocks = 0;
                iput(inode);
        }
        brelse(bitmap_bh);
        return ERR_PTR(err);
}

unsigned long ext4_count_free_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
{
        unsigned long desc_count;
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp;
        ext4_group_t i, ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);
#ifdef EXT4FS_DEBUG
        struct ext4_super_block *es;
        unsigned long bitmap_count, x;
        struct buffer_head *bitmap_bh = NULL;

        es = EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es;
        desc_count = 0;
        bitmap_count = 0;
        gdp = NULL;
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
                desc_count += ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp);
                brelse(bitmap_bh);
                bitmap_bh = ext4_read_inode_bitmap(sb, i);
                if (IS_ERR(bitmap_bh)) {
                        bitmap_bh = NULL;
                        continue;
                }

                x = ext4_count_free(bitmap_bh->b_data,
                                    EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) / 8);
                printk(KERN_DEBUG "group %lu: stored = %d, counted = %lu\n",
                        (unsigned long) i, ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp), x);
                bitmap_count += x;
        }
        brelse(bitmap_bh);
        printk(KERN_DEBUG "ext4_count_free_inodes: "
               "stored = %u, computed = %lu, %lu\n",
               le32_to_cpu(es->s_free_inodes_count), desc_count, bitmap_count);
        return desc_count;
#else
        desc_count = 0;
        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
                desc_count += ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, gdp);
                cond_resched();
        }
        return desc_count;
#endif
}

/* Called at mount-time, super-block is locked */
unsigned long ext4_count_dirs(struct super_block * sb)
{
        unsigned long count = 0;
        ext4_group_t i, ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb);

        for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) {
                struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, i, NULL);
                if (!gdp)
                        continue;
                count += ext4_used_dirs_count(sb, gdp);
        }
        return count;
}

/*
 * Zeroes not yet zeroed inode table - just write zeroes through the whole
 * inode table. Must be called without any spinlock held. The only place
 * where it is called from on active part of filesystem is ext4lazyinit
 * thread, so we do not need any special locks, however we have to prevent
 * inode allocation from the current group, so we take alloc_sem lock, to
 * block ext4_new_inode() until we are finished.
 */
int ext4_init_inode_table(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
                                 int barrier)
{
        struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(sb, group);
        struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
        struct ext4_group_desc *gdp = NULL;
        struct buffer_head *group_desc_bh;
        handle_t *handle;
        ext4_fsblk_t blk;
        int num, ret = 0, used_blks = 0;

        /* This should not happen, but just to be sure check this */
        if (sb_rdonly(sb)) {
                ret = 1;
                goto out;
        }

        gdp = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, group, &group_desc_bh);
        if (!gdp)
                goto out;

        /*
         * We do not need to lock this, because we are the only one
         * handling this flag.
         */
        if (gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED))
                goto out;

        handle = ext4_journal_start_sb(sb, EXT4_HT_MISC, 1);
        if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
                ret = PTR_ERR(handle);
                goto out;
        }

        down_write(&grp->alloc_sem);
        /*
         * If inode bitmap was already initialized there may be some
         * used inodes so we need to skip blocks with used inodes in
         * inode table.
         */
        if (!(gdp->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_UNINIT)))
                used_blks = DIV_ROUND_UP((EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
                            ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp)),
                            sbi->s_inodes_per_block);

        if ((used_blks < 0) || (used_blks > sbi->s_itb_per_group) ||
            ((group == 0) && ((EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) -
                               ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp)) <
                              EXT4_FIRST_INO(sb)))) {
                ext4_error(sb, "Something is wrong with group %u: "
                           "used itable blocks: %d; "
                           "itable unused count: %u",
                           group, used_blks,
                           ext4_itable_unused_count(sb, gdp));
                ret = 1;
                goto err_out;
        }

        blk = ext4_inode_table(sb, gdp) + used_blks;
        num = sbi->s_itb_per_group - used_blks;

        BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh, "get_write_access");
        ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle,
                                            group_desc_bh);
        if (ret)
                goto err_out;

        /*
         * Skip zeroout if the inode table is full. But we set the ZEROED
         * flag anyway, because obviously, when it is full it does not need
         * further zeroing.
         */
        if (unlikely(num == 0))
                goto skip_zeroout;

        ext4_debug("going to zero out inode table in group %d\n",
                   group);
        ret = sb_issue_zeroout(sb, blk, num, GFP_NOFS);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto err_out;
        if (barrier)
                blkdev_issue_flush(sb->s_bdev, GFP_NOFS);

skip_zeroout:
        ext4_lock_group(sb, group);
        gdp->bg_flags |= cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_INODE_ZEROED);
        ext4_group_desc_csum_set(sb, group, gdp);
        ext4_unlock_group(sb, group);

        BUFFER_TRACE(group_desc_bh,
                     "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
        ret = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL,
                                         group_desc_bh);

err_out:
        up_write(&grp->alloc_sem);
        ext4_journal_stop(handle);
out:
        return ret;
}