linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: Do not delete unlinked inode from orphan list on failed truncate

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Date:   Thu, 23 May 2019 23:47:10 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: Do not delete unlinked inode from orphan list
 on failed truncate

On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 11:03:16AM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> It is possible that unlinked inode enters ext4_setattr() (e.g. if
> somebody calls ftruncate(2) on unlinked but still open file). In such
> case we should not delete the inode from the orphan list if truncate
> fails. Note that this is mostly a theoretical concern as filesystem is
> corrupted if we reach this path anyway but let's be consistent in our
> orphan handling.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Thanks, applied (and I added a cc:stable@...nel.org).

		       	       - Ted