btrfs: allow unlink to exceed subvolume quota
Once a qgroup limit is exceeded, it's impossible to restore normal operation to the subvolume without modifying the limit or removing the subvolume. This is a surprising situation for many users used to the typical workflow with quotas on other file systems where it's possible to remove files until the used space is back under the limit. When we go to unlink a file and start the transaction, we'll hit the qgroup limit while trying to reserve space for the items we'll modify while removing the file. We discussed last month how best to handle this situation and agreed that there is no perfect solution. The best principle-of-least-surprise solution is to handle it similarly to how we already handle ENOSPC when unlinking, which is to allow the operation to succeed with the expectation that it will ultimately release space under most circumstances. This patch modifies the transaction start path to select whether to honor the qgroups limits. btrfs_start_transaction_fallback_global_rsv is the only caller that skips enforcement. The reservation and tracking still happens normally -- it just skips the enforcement step. Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com> Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo <quwenruo@cn.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
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