1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index b038188bd039..b0d6022eaa67 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -1726,6 +1726,7 @@ static int ext4_mb_good_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
 {
         unsigned free, fragments;
         unsigned i, bits;
+        int flex_size = ext4_flex_bg_size(EXT4_SB(ac->ac_sb));
         struct ext4_group_desc *desc;
         struct ext4_group_info *grp = ext4_get_group_info(ac->ac_sb, group);
 
@@ -1747,6 +1748,12 @@ static int ext4_mb_good_group(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac,
                 if (desc->bg_flags & cpu_to_le16(EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT))
                         return 0;
 
+                /* Avoid using the first bg of a flexgroup for data files */
+                if ((ac->ac_flags & EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA) &&
+                    (flex_size >= EXT4_FLEX_SIZE_DIR_ALLOC_SCHEME) &&
+                    ((group % flex_size) == 0))
+                        return 0;
+
                 bits = ac->ac_sb->s_blocksize_bits + 1;
                 for (i = ac->ac_2order; i <= bits; i++)
                         if (grp->bb_counters[i] > 0)