linux-kernel - Re: btrfs io errors on 3.4rc1

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Date:	Tue, 3 Apr 2012 15:35:53 -0400
From:	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, jeffm@...e.com
Subject: Re: btrfs io errors on 3.4rc1

On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 01:16:33PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 03, 2012 at 01:07:50PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> 
>  >  > wait, what...
>  >  > 
>  >  >  535         memset(trans, 0, sizeof(*trans));
>  >  >  536         kmem_cache_free(btrfs_trans_handle_cachep, trans);
>  >  >  537 
>  >  >  538         if (throttle)
>  >  >  539                 btrfs_run_delayed_iputs(root);
>  >  >  540 
>  >  >  541         if (trans->aborted ||
>  >  >  542             root->fs_info->fs_state & BTRFS_SUPER_FLAG_ERROR) {
>  >  >  543                 return -EIO;
>  >  >  544         }
>  >  > 
>  >  > that looks like a pretty clear use-after-free.
>  > 
>  > Ok, trying this..
> 
> Yep that fixes it.  Chris I'll mail it to you again with a proper sign-off.
> 
> thanks for the help chasing this down David.

Awesome, many thanks guys.

-chris

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