linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 04/12] e2fsck: do not early terminate extra space check

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:23:52 -0600
From:   Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
To:     Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
Cc:     "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] e2fsck: do not early terminate extra space check


> On Jun 26, 2017, at 7:43 AM, Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com> wrote:
> 
> When check_inode_extra_space() detects a problem with the value of
> i_extra_isize, it adjusts it and then returns without further validation
> of contents in the inode body. Change this so that it will proceed to
> check inline extended attributes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@...gle.com>
> ---
> e2fsck/pass1.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/e2fsck/pass1.c b/e2fsck/pass1.c
> index 32152f3ec926..1532fd2067f2 100644
> --- a/e2fsck/pass1.c
> +++ b/e2fsck/pass1.c
> @@ -582,7 +582,6 @@ static void check_inode_extra_space(e2fsck_t ctx, struct problem_context *pctx)
> 			inode->i_extra_isize = (inode->i_extra_isize + 3) & ~3;
> 		e2fsck_write_inode_full(ctx, pctx->ino, pctx->inode,
> 					EXT2_INODE_SIZE(sb), "pass1");
> -		return;
> 	}
> 
> 	/* check if there is no place for an EA header */

The problem is that if i_extra_isize is changed, then the EA magic and data
will no longer be aligned properly, so there isn't anything to check?


Cheers, Andreas






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