linux-ext4 - Re: [v7] ext4: Add support FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE

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Message-ID: <CAKYAXd-VA2ERmJnDviZ+5DmGSNtjk_WSsi=Yna_keqe8fpYrFw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 3 Apr 2014 22:29:47 +0900
From:	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [v7] ext4: Add support FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE for fallocate

Hi Ted.
2014-04-03 1:42 GMT+09:00 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>:
> Some final testing luckily caught a bug in your patch.  I'll fix it
> up, but for future reference, it's important to check to see if the
> handle is valid (i.e., we are not in no-journal mode) before using any
> of the journalling functions.  Otherwise, you will crash if you try
> using the code path when the file system does not have a journal.
Thanks for finding bug. I missed no journal case..
>
> BTW, I would strongly recommend using the automated regression test
> system found at:
>
>         git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/fs/ext2/xfstests-bld.git
>
> It finds these sorts of problems very quickly.  After you build a
> kernel, running "kvm-xfstests -g quick" would have found the problem
> very quickly.  The fastest reproducer for the bug that I found is:
> "kvm-xfstests -c nojournal shared/001".
Okay, I will do the way you guided next time.

Thanks!
>
> Cheers,
>
>                                                 - Ted
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index 7015917..bbba1ef 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -4902,6 +4902,9 @@ ext4_access_path(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  {
>         int credits, err;
>
> +       if (!ext4_handle_valid(handle))
> +               return 0;
> +
>         /*
>          * Check if need to extend journal credits
>          * 3 for leaf, sb, and inode plus 2 (bmap and group
>
>
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