linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext2fs_zero_blocks: Avoid clearing more blocks than requested

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Date:	Tue, 17 Jun 2008 02:06:31 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [PATCH] ext2fs_zero_blocks: Avoid clearing more blocks than requested

This could cause certain mke2fs feature combinations to result in the
initial blocks of the inode table getting wiped out when the journal
is created.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
---
 lib/ext2fs/mkjournal.c |    6 ++++--
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/mkjournal.c b/lib/ext2fs/mkjournal.c
index ca8e733..e55dcbd 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/mkjournal.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/mkjournal.c
@@ -170,9 +170,11 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_zero_blocks(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t blk, int num,
 	/* OK, do the write loop */
 	j=0;
 	while (j < num) {
-		if (blk % STRIDE_LENGTH)
+		if (blk % STRIDE_LENGTH) {
 			count = STRIDE_LENGTH - (blk % STRIDE_LENGTH);
-		else {
+			if (count > (num - j))
+				count = num - j;
+		} else {
 			count = num - j;
 			if (count > STRIDE_LENGTH)
 				count = STRIDE_LENGTH;
-- 
1.5.6.rc3.1.g36b7.dirty

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