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Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:16:05 -0800
From:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
To:	mm-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	akinobu.mita@...il.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: + ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value.patch added to -mm tree


The patch titled
     ext2: improve ext2_readdir() return value
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value.patch

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Subject: ext2: improve ext2_readdir() return value
From: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>

Improve ext2_readdir() return value for ext2_get_page() failure by using the
actual result of ext2_get_page().

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@...il.com>
Cc: <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/ext2/dir.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value fs/ext2/dir.c
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value
+++ a/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void *
 				   "bad page in #%lu",
 				   inode->i_ino);
 			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-			return -EIO;
+			return PTR_ERR(page);
 		}
 		kaddr = page_address(page);
 		if (unlikely(need_revalidate)) {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from akinobu.mita@...il.com are

git-dvb.patch
ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value.patch
ext2-use-ext2_group_first_block_no.patch
ext2-use-ext2_fsblk_t-type.patch
ext3-use-ext3_group_first_block_no.patch
ext3-add-missing-ext3_journal_stop.patch
ext3-use-ext3_get_group_desc.patch
ext3-check-ext3_journal_get_write_access-errors.patch
ext4-use-ext4_group_first_block_no.patch
ext4-add-missing-ext4_journal_stop.patch
ext4-use-ext4_get_group_desc.patch
ext4-check-ext4_journal_get_write_access-errors.patch

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