linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: don't leave i_crtime.tv

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Date:	Mon, 17 Feb 2014 11:31:15 +0100
From:	Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: don't leave i_crtime.tv_sec uninitialized

On 02/17/2014 01:31 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> If the i_crtime field is not present in the inode, don't leave the
> field uninitialized.
>
> Reported-by: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
> ---
>   fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 ++
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index ece5556..d3a534f 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -771,6 +771,8 @@ do {									       \
>   	if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime))		       \
>   		(einode)->xtime.tv_sec = 				       \
>   			(signed)le32_to_cpu((raw_inode)->xtime);	       \
> +	else								       \
> +		(einode)->xtime.tv_sec = 0;				       \
>   	if (EXT4_FITS_IN_INODE(raw_inode, einode, xtime ## _extra))	       \
>   		ext4_decode_extra_time(&(einode)->xtime,		       \
>   				       raw_inode->xtime ## _extra);	       \
>

This fixes everything for me, thanks!


Vegard
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