[PATCH] lib/metabox: fix 48-bit layout metablock addressing

Gao Xiang hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Sat Mar 21 01:04:32 AEDT 2026



On 2026/3/20 21:59, oz456 wrote:
> Set meta_blkaddr to 0 for 48-bit layouts instead of EROFS_META_NEW_ADDR to properly support large filesystems.
> Tested on normal and 48-bit layouts; meta_blkaddr is correct.
> 
> Signed-off-by: oz456 <reach.netway at gmail.com>

why all you guys change this line?

If you don't run into anything, could you please
not touch this if you don't know enough about the codebase?

> ---
>   lib/metabox.c | 6 ++++--
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/metabox.c b/lib/metabox.c
> index 12706aa..5e55cae 100644
> --- a/lib/metabox.c
> +++ b/lib/metabox.c
> @@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ int erofs_metadata_init(struct erofs_sb_info *sbi)
>   		if (ret)
>   			goto err_free;
>   		sbi->m2gr = m2gr;
> -		/* FIXME: sbi->meta_blkaddr should be 0 for 48-bit layouts */
> -		sbi->meta_blkaddr = EROFS_META_NEW_ADDR;
> +		if (erofs_sb_has_48bit(sbi))
> +			sbi->meta_blkaddr = 0;
> +		else
> +			sbi->meta_blkaddr = EROFS_META_NEW_ADDR;
>   	}
>   
>   	if (!sbi->mxgr && erofs_sb_has_metabox(sbi)) {



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