FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context" failed to apply to 5.10-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 5.10-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 <[email protected]>.

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-5.10.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x b1d682f1990c19fb1d5b97d13266210457092bcd
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026033009-straw-negate-ff79@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 5.10.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From b1d682f1990c19fb1d5b97d13266210457092bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Weber <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 10:53:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix journal credit check when setting fscrypt context

Fix an issue arising when ext4 features has_journal, ea_inode, and encrypt are activated simultaneously, leading to ENOSPC when creating an encrypted file.

Fix by passing XATTR_CREATE flag to xattr_set_handle function if a handle is specified, i.e., when the function is called in the control flow of creating a new inode. This aligns the number of jbd2 credits set_handle checks for with the number allocated for creating a new inode.

ext4_set_context must not be called with a non-null handle (fs_data) if fscrypt context xattr is not guaranteed to not exist yet. The only other usage of this function currently is when handling the ioctl FS_IOC_SET_ENCRYPTION_POLICY, which calls it with fs_data=NULL.

index cf0a0970c095..f41f320f4437 100644
@@ -163,10 +163,17 @@ static int ext4_set_context(struct inode *inode, const void *ctx, size_t len,
 	 */
 
 	if (handle) {
+		/*
+		 * Since the inode is new it is ok to pass the
+		 * XATTR_CREATE flag. This is necessary to match the
+		 * remaining journal credits check in the set_handle
+		 * function with the credits allocated for the new
+		 * inode.
+		 */
 		res = ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle, inode,
 					    EXT4_XATTR_INDEX_ENCRYPTION,
 					    EXT4_XATTR_NAME_ENCRYPTION_CONTEXT,
-					    ctx, len, 0);
+					    ctx, len, XATTR_CREATE);
 		if (!res) {
 			ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_ENCRYPT);
 			ext4_clear_inode_state(inode,