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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/extents.c11
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index c92ef8735ba2..82df3ce9874a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2743,10 +2743,15 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
err = ext4_ext_correct_indexes(handle, inode, path);
/*
- * Free the partial cluster only if the current extent does not
- * reference it. Otherwise we might free used cluster.
+ * If there's a partial cluster and at least one extent remains in
+ * the leaf, free the partial cluster if it isn't shared with the
+ * current extent. If there's a partial cluster and no extents
+ * remain in the leaf, it can't be freed here. It can only be
+ * freed when it's possible to determine if it's not shared with
+ * any other extent - when the next leaf is processed or when space
+ * removal is complete.
*/
- if (*partial_cluster > 0 &&
+ if (*partial_cluster > 0 && eh->eh_entries &&
(EXT4_B2C(sbi, ext4_ext_pblock(ex) + ex_ee_len - 1) !=
*partial_cluster)) {
int flags = get_default_free_blocks_flags(inode);