linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix missing iput for root inode in case of all failed mount paths.

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Date:	Sun, 16 Jan 2011 09:20:39 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:	Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"mkatiyar@...il.com" <mkatiyar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Fix missing iput for root inode in case of all failed mount paths.

Why not just put the iput() at failed_mount4() instead of spread around the code?

Cheers, Andreas

On 2011-01-16, at 0:30, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com> wrote:

> Fix missing iput for root inode in case of all failed mount paths.
> Fixes bug#26752
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@...il.com>
> 
> ---
> fs/ext4/super.c |    8 +++++++-
> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index cb10a06..9570fcc 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -3587,6 +3587,7 @@ no_journal:
>        if (err) {
>                ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to initialize system "
>                         "zone (%d)", err);
> +               iput(root);
>                goto failed_mount4;
>        }
> 
> @@ -3595,12 +3596,15 @@ no_journal:
>        if (err) {
>                ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to initialize mballoc (%d)",
>                         err);
> +               iput(root);
>                goto failed_mount4;
>        }
> 
>        err = ext4_register_li_request(sb, first_not_zeroed);
> -       if (err)
> +       if (err) {
> +               iput(root);
>                goto failed_mount4;
> +       }
> 
>        sbi->s_kobj.kset = ext4_kset;
>        init_completion(&sbi->s_kobj_unregister);
> @@ -3609,6 +3613,7 @@ no_journal:
>        if (err) {
>                ext4_mb_release(sb);
>                ext4_ext_release(sb);
> +               iput(root);
>                goto failed_mount4;
>        };
> 
> @@ -3648,6 +3653,7 @@ cantfind_ext4:
>        goto failed_mount;
> 
> failed_mount4:
> +       sb->s_root = NULL;
>        ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "mount failed");
>        destroy_workqueue(EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq);
> failed_mount_wq:
> -- 
> 1.7.1
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thanks -
> Manish
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