linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: fix retry handling in ext4_ext

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 12:15:02 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix retry handling in ext4_ext_truncate()

We tested for ENOMEM instead of -ENOMEM.   Oops.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index a618738..72ba470 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4412,7 +4412,7 @@ void ext4_ext_truncate(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode)
 retry:
 	err = ext4_es_remove_extent(inode, last_block,
 				    EXT_MAX_BLOCKS - last_block);
-	if (err == ENOMEM) {
+	if (err == -ENOMEM) {
 		cond_resched();
 		congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/50);
 		goto retry;
-- 
1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b

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