linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext3: Fix error handling on inode bitmap corruption

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Date:	Thu,  8 Dec 2011 21:28:35 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ted Tso <tytso@....edu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH] ext3: Fix error handling on inode bitmap corruption

When insert_inode_locked() fails in ext3_new_inode() it most likely
means inode bitmap got corrupted and we allocated again inode which
is already in use. Also doing unlock_new_inode() during error recovery
is wrong since inode does not have I_NEW set. Fix the problem by jumping
to fail: (instead of fail_drop:) which declares filesystem error and
does not call unlock_new_inode().

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 fs/ext3/ialloc.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
index 5c866e0..adae962 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/ialloc.c
@@ -525,8 +525,12 @@ got:
 	if (IS_DIRSYNC(inode))
 		handle->h_sync = 1;
 	if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto fail_drop;
+		/*
+		 * Likely a bitmap corruption causing inode to be allocated
+		 * twice.
+		 */
+		err = -EIO;
+		goto fail;
 	}
 	spin_lock(&sbi->s_next_gen_lock);
 	inode->i_generation = sbi->s_next_generation++;
-- 
1.7.1

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