linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: use ext4_reserve_inode_write in ext4_xattr_set

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 26 Oct 2011 03:40:36 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: use ext4_reserve_inode_write in
 ext4_xattr_set_handle

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:52:09PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> ext4_mark_iloc_dirty() says:
> 
>  * The caller must have previously called ext4_reserve_inode_write().
>  * Give this, we know that the caller already has write access to iloc->bh.
> 
> ext4_xattr_set_handle, however, just open-codes it.  May as well use
> the helper function for consistency.
> 
> No bug here, just tidiness.
> 
> (Note: on cleanup path, ext4_reserve_inode_write sets
> the bh to NULL if it returns an error, and brelse() of 
> a null bh is handled gracefully).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html