linux-ext4 - [PATCH 6/7] jbd2: if the journal is aborted then don't allow update of the log tail

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Date:   Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:30:37 -0500
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 6/7] jbd2: if the journal is aborted then don't allow update of the log tail

This updates the jbd2 superblock unnecessarily, and on an abort we
shouldn't truncate the log.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/jbd2/journal.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
index efa0c72a0b9f..dfb057900e79 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
@@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ int __jbd2_update_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tid, unsigned long block)
 }
 
 /*
- * This is a variaon of __jbd2_update_log_tail which checks for validity of
+ * This is a variation of __jbd2_update_log_tail which checks for validity of
  * provided log tail and locks j_checkpoint_mutex. So it is safe against races
  * with other threads updating log tail.
  */
@@ -1417,6 +1417,9 @@ int jbd2_journal_update_sb_log_tail(journal_t *journal, tid_t tail_tid,
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (is_journal_aborted(journal))
+		return -EIO;
+
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex));
 	jbd_debug(1, "JBD2: updating superblock (start %lu, seq %u)\n",
 		  tail_block, tail_tid);
-- 
2.16.1.72.g5be1f00a9a