linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 12/12] ext4: start handle at the last possible moment when creating inodes

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Date:	Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:47:50 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/12] ext4: start handle at the last possible moment
 when creating inodes

On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 04:53:52PM -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> index 10bd6fe..943665b 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
> @@ -725,6 +727,15 @@ repeat_in_this_group:
>  				   "inode=%lu", ino + 1);
>  			continue;
>  		}
> +		if (!handle) {
> +			BUG_ON(nblocks == 0);

I've changed this to be:

			BUG_ON(nblocks <= 0);

... since nblocks should (obviously) never be negative.

    	  	  	 	     	      - Ted
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