linux-ext4 - [PATCH] ext4: fix potential error in ext4_do_update

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Date:   Fri, 12 Mar 2021 01:50:51 -0500
From:   Shijie Luo <luoshijie1@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <tytso@....edu>, <jack@...e.cz>, <luoshijie1@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fix potential error in ext4_do_update_inode

If set_large_file = 1 and errors occur in ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(),
the error code will be overridden, go to out_brelse to avoid this
situation.

Signed-off-by: Shijie Luo <luoshijie1@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 650c5acd2f2d..8074ae0e976d 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -5026,7 +5026,7 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 	struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
 	struct buffer_head *bh = iloc->bh;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-	int err = 0, rc, block;
+	int err = 0, block;
 	int need_datasync = 0, set_large_file = 0;
 	uid_t i_uid;
 	gid_t i_gid;
@@ -5138,9 +5138,9 @@ static int ext4_do_update_inode(handle_t *handle,
 					      bh->b_data);
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	rc = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
-	if (!err)
-		err = rc;
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, NULL, bh);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_brelse;
 	ext4_clear_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_NEW);
 	if (set_large_file) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh, "get write access");
-- 
2.19.1