linux-ext4 - Re: Kernel 3.3.8 breaks accidental ext3 mount of extended partition

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Date:	Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:32:18 +0100
From:	"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...hat.com>
To:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Cc:	Torsten Hilbrich <torsten.hilbrich@...unet.com>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel 3.3.8 breaks accidental ext3 mount of extended partition

On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:38:03PM -0400, Jeff Moyer wrote:
> Please try the attached patch instead.  The patch I had originally
> posted for this allowed marking the first buffer beyond EOD as
> uptodate.  This isn't correct.  The patch I've attached below fixes the
> infinite loop in __getblk_slow.

This patch appears to fix both problems, thanks.

Rich.

> Cheers,
> Jeff
> 
> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index 838a9cf..c7062c8 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -1036,6 +1036,9 @@ grow_buffers(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
>  static struct buffer_head *
>  __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
>  {
> +	int ret;
> +	struct buffer_head *bh;
> +
>  	/* Size must be multiple of hard sectorsize */
>  	if (unlikely(size & (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev)-1) ||
>  			(size < 512 || size > PAGE_SIZE))) {
> @@ -1048,20 +1051,21 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> -	for (;;) {
> -		struct buffer_head * bh;
> -		int ret;
> +retry:
> +	bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
> +	if (bh)
> +		return bh;
>  
> +	ret = grow_buffers(bdev, block, size);
> +	if (ret == 0) {
> +		free_more_memory();
> +		goto retry;
> +	} else if (ret > 0) {
>  		bh = __find_get_block(bdev, block, size);
>  		if (bh)
>  			return bh;
> -
> -		ret = grow_buffers(bdev, block, size);
> -		if (ret < 0)
> -			return NULL;
> -		if (ret == 0)
> -			free_more_memory();
>  	}
> +	return NULL;
>  }
>  
>  /*

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