linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove blocks from inode prealloc list on failure

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Date:	Tue, 8 Dec 2009 22:21:11 -0500
From:	tytso@....edu
To:	Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
Cc:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Remove blocks from inode prealloc list on failure

On Fri, Dec 04, 2009 at 11:14:40AM -0800, Curt Wohlgemuth wrote:
> > Can you name it as discard allocated blocks and add a comment saying why
> > we don't need it for MB_GROUP_PA ? Otherwise
> >
> > Acked-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> This fixes a leak of blocks in an inode prealloc list if device failures
> cause ext4_mb_mark_diskspace_used() to fail.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>

Added to the ext4 patch queue, thanks.

					- Ted
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