@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ struct xfs_ifork {
#define XFS_IEXT_ATTR_MANIP_CNT(rmt_blks) \
(XFS_DA_NODE_MAXDEPTH + max(1, rmt_blks))
+/*
+ * A write to a sub-interval of an existing unwritten extent causes the original
+ * extent to be split into 3 extents
+ * i.e. | Unwritten | Real | Unwritten |
+ * Hence extent count can increase by 2.
+ */
+#define XFS_IEXT_WRITE_UNWRITTEN_CNT (2)
+
+
/*
* Fork handling.
*/
@@ -566,6 +566,11 @@ xfs_iomap_write_unwritten(
if (error)
goto error_on_bmapi_transaction;
+ error = xfs_iext_count_may_overflow(ip, XFS_DATA_FORK,
+ XFS_IEXT_WRITE_UNWRITTEN_CNT);
+ if (error)
+ goto error_on_bmapi_transaction;
+
/*
* Modify the unwritten extent state of the buffer.
*/