linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: ext4_mkdir should dirty dir

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Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:45:41 -0700
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: ext4_mkdir should dirty dir_block with the
	parent inode

On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 08:39:54PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> ext4_mkdir calls ext4_handle_dirty_metadata with dir_block and the inode "dir".
> Unfortunately, dir_block belongs to the newly created directory (which is
> "inode"), not the parent directory (which is "dir").  Fix the incorrect
> association.

Any thoughts about this one, Ted?

--D
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/ext4/namei.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 2b5c34b..a2c2855 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ retry:
>  	ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
>  	inode->i_nlink = 2;
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
> -	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, dir_block);
> +	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, dir_block);
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_clear_inode;
>  	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
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