linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: restart ext4_ext_remove

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Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 09:32:41 -0400
From:	tytso@....edu
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz,
	aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, tytso@....ed
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: restart ext4_ext_remove_space() after
 transaction restart

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 08:31:11AM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> @@ -2480,6 +2480,11 @@ static int ext4_ext_remove_space(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t start)
>  out:
>  	ext4_ext_drop_refs(path);
>  	kfree(path);
> +	if (err == EAGAIN) {

Surely this should be "err == -EAGAIN", no?  I'm curious how this
patch worked for with this typo....

> +		err = 0;
> +		goto again;
> +	}
> +	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_EXT_TRUNC);
>  	ext4_journal_stop(handle);
>  
>  	return err;

					- Ted
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