linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] fix null handler of ioctls in no journal mode

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Message-ID: <20090713132953.GA1030@mit.edu>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:29:53 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix null handler of ioctls in no journal mode

On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 07:03:46PM +0800, Peng Tao wrote:
> EXT4_IOC_GROUP_ADD and EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND ioctls should not flush journal
> in no_journal mode.

Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue, altough I did tighten up up
your patch description slightly:

ext4: fix null handler of ioctls in no journal mode

The EXT4_IOC_GROUP_ADD and EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND ioctls should not
flush the journal in no_journal mode.  Otherwise, running resize2fs on
a mounted no_journal partition triggers the following error messages:

BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014
IP: [<c039d282>] _spin_lock+0x8/0x19
*pde = 00000000 
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP

Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <bergwolf@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

							- Ted
	       
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