linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext[234]: Return -EIO not -ESTALE on directory traversal through deleted inode

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:25:08 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	sct@...hat.com, adilger@....com, tytso@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext[234]: Return -EIO not -ESTALE on directory 
 traversal through deleted inode

On Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:53:39 -0500 Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@...il.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Bryan Donlan <bdonlan@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > +               if (unlikely(IS_ERR(inode))) {
> > +                       if (PTR_ERR(inode) == -ESTALE) {
> > +                               ext3_error(dir->i_sb, "ext2_lookup",
> > +                                               "deleted inode referenced: %lu",
> > +                                               ino);
> > +                               return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
> > +                       } else {
> > +                               return ERR_CAST(inode);
> > +                       }
> > +               }
> 
> I just noticed that I forgot to edit the function name in the
> ext3_error and ext4_error invocations... Would it be better to send a
> delta to fix this or resubmit the whole thing?

I just edited the diffs on my copies - switched all three to __func__.
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