linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: check iomap type only if ext4_iomap

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Message-Id: <168395396130.1443054.3104410044543843151.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date:   Sat, 13 May 2023 00:59:30 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        jack@...e.cz, ritesh.list@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com, yukuai3@...wei.com,
        syzbot+08106c4b7d60702dbc14@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: check iomap type only if ext4_iomap_begin() does not fail


On Fri, 05 May 2023 21:24:29 +0800, Baokun Li wrote:
> When ext4_iomap_overwrite_begin() calls ext4_iomap_begin() map blocks may
> fail for some reason (e.g. memory allocation failure, bare disk write), and
> later because "iomap->type ! = IOMAP_MAPPED" triggers WARN_ON(). When ext4
> iomap_begin() returns an error, it is normal that the type of iomap->type
> may not match the expectation. Therefore, we only determine if iomap->type
> is as expected when ext4_iomap_begin() is executed successfully.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: check iomap type only if ext4_iomap_begin() does not fail
      commit: 705c514635a4b6fd0ee321bcf1a9bd75c3629b71

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>