linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Return proper offset for '..' if inline

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Date:	Thu, 28 Mar 2013 11:33:32 -0700
From:	Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>
To:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext4: Return proper offset for '..' if inline_data
 enabled.

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 06:34:58PM +0800, Tao Ma wrote:
> From: Tao Ma <boyu.mt@...bao.com>
> 
> Zach reported a problem that if inline data is enabled, we don't
> tell the difference between the offset of '.' and '..'. And a
> getdents will fail if the user only want to get '.'.
> 
> This patch adds a new offset EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_OFFSET which
> indicates the offset of inline "..", and now 0 is for the "."
> and EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_OFFSET is for "..".

Yeah, this fixes the problem.  I confirmed that my little test that got
a single dirent from getdents() now properly sees . and .. and exits
rather than spinning.

Tested-by: Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>

>  
> +			if (filp->f_pos == EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_OFFSET) {
>  				error = filldir(dirent, "..", 2, 0, parent_ino,
>  						DT_DIR);
>  				if (error)
> -- 
> 1.7.0.4

Though I think you should change the fourth argument (offset) of the
second flildir() from 0 to EXT4_INLINE_DOTDOT_OFFSET.

- z
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