linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: fix end of region partial cluster handling

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Message-ID: <20141123060517.GC4102@thunk.org>
Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2014 01:05:17 -0500
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] ext4: fix end of region partial cluster handling

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 09:59:04AM -0500, Eric Whitney wrote:
> ext4_ext_remove_space() can incorrectly free a partial_cluster if
> EAGAIN is encountered while truncating or punching.  Extent removal
> should be retried in this case.

I don't see anything in the patch below which retries the extent
removal; am I missing something?

Thanks,

						- Ted
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