linux-ext4 - [PATCH] free blocks in case of error

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Date:	Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:55:16 +0300
From:	Alex Tomas <alex@...sterfs.com>
To:	<linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] free blocks in case of error


Good day,

when ext4_ext_insert_extent() fails to insert new blocks
we should free just allocated blocks. please, consider
for review.

thanks, Alex


Signed-off-by: Alex Tomas <alex@...sterfs.com>

Index: linux-2.6.20/fs/ext4/extents.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.20.orig/fs/ext4/extents.c	2007-02-11 23:16:58.000000000 +0300
+++ linux-2.6.20/fs/ext4/extents.c	2007-02-17 00:34:32.000000000 +0300
@@ -2044,8 +2044,12 @@
 	ext4_ext_store_pblock(&newex, newblock);
 	newex.ee_len = cpu_to_le16(allocated);
 	err = ext4_ext_insert_extent(handle, inode, path, &newex);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		/* free data blocks we just allocated */
+		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, ext_pblock(&newex),
+					le16_to_cpu(newex.ee_len));
 		goto out2;
+	}
 
 	if (extend_disksize && inode->i_size > EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize)
 		EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
-
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