linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Ext2: do not mark_inode_dirty to avoid BUG

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Date:	Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:09:28 +0100
From:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:	fanchaoting <fanchaoting@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	jack@...e.cz, tyhicks@...onical.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	wangshilong1991@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Ext2: do not mark_inode_dirty to avoid BUG_ON

On Tue 12-03-13 13:06:37, fanchaoting wrote:
> From: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
> 
> commit 8e3dffc651cb668e1ff4d8b89cc1c3dde7540d3b leads into
> a regression that casue BUG_ON when unlinking inode.
> 
> Reported-by: tyhicks@...onical.com
> Signed-off-by: Wang Shilong <wangsl-fnst@...fujitsu.com>
  I ended up fixing the problem by the attached patch. It looks cleaner to
me that way... Thanks for your fix anyway.

							Honza
> ---
>  fs/ext2/balloc.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> index 9f9992b..06d82fc 100644
> --- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> +++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c
> @@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ error_return:
>  	if (freed) {
>  		percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, freed);
>  		dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, freed);
> -		mark_inode_dirty(inode);
>  	}
>  }
>  
> -- 1.7.7.6 
> 
> 
> 
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

View attachment "0001-ext2-Fix-BUG_ON-in-evict-on-inode-deletion.patch" of type "text/x-patch" (1870 bytes)