linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] NULL pointer when make_indexed

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 19:44:49 +0200
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	Allison Henderson <achender@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] NULL pointer when make_indexed_dir returns -ENOSPC

  Hello,

On Thu 12-05-11 10:59:20, Allison Henderson wrote:
> I wasnt sure if people were expecting a v2 for this one, but I
> noticed the modified version of v1 was removed from the tree, so I
> am assuming we needed v2?  This one handles marking the buffer dirty
> before calling do split to avoid the null pointer.  It introduces a
> little overhead, but the only other option would be to introduce a
> new flag set to do_split.  But if there's any one that would prefer
> the flags to this solution, please let me know.  Thx! :)
  The patch looks OK. Just please CC me next time - a) because ext3 needs a
similar fix (added now) and b) because I was involved with the previous
patch version. Thanks!

								Honza
> Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@...ibm.com>
> 
> ---
> :100644 100644 3c7a06e... b754b77... M	fs/ext4/namei.c
>  fs/ext4/namei.c |    6 ++++--
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 3c7a06e..b754b77 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -1413,6 +1413,10 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle,
> struct dentry *dentry,
>  	frame->at = entries;
>  	frame->bh = bh;
>  	bh = bh2;
> +
> +	ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh);
> +	ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh);
> +
>  	de = do_split(handle,dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo, &retval);
>  	if (!de) {
>  		/*
> @@ -1421,8 +1425,6 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle,
> struct dentry *dentry,
>  		 * with corrupted filesystem.
>  		 */
>  		ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir);
> -		ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh);
> -		ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh);
>  		dx_release(frames);
>  		return retval;
>  	}
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
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