linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 36/49] ext4: Add EXT4_IOC

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Message-ID: <20080126084247.GA6778@skywalker>
Date:	Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:12:47 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 36/49] ext4: Add EXT4_IOC_MIGRATE ioctl

On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 11:15:00PM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 11:25:32AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> > +static int free_ext_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
> > +					struct ext4_extent_idx *ix)
> > +{
> > +	int i, retval = 0;
> > +	ext4_fsblk_t block;
> > +	struct buffer_head *bh;
> > +	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
> > +
> > +	block = idx_pblock(ix);
> > +	bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
> > +	if (!bh)
> > +		return -EIO;
> > +
> > +	eh = (struct ext4_extent_header *)bh->b_data;
> > +	if (eh->eh_depth == 0) {
> > +		brelse(bh);
> > +		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, block, 1);
> > +	} else {
> > +		ix = EXT_FIRST_INDEX(eh);
> > +		for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(eh->eh_entries); i++, ix++) {
> > +			retval = free_ext_idx(handle, inode, ix);
> > +			if (retval)
> > +				return retval;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +	return retval;
> > +}
> 
> Aneesh, looks like if eh->eh_depth is != 0, bh gets leaked.  This is
> how I plan to fix it up:
> 
> +static int free_ext_idx(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
> +					struct ext4_extent_idx *ix)
> +{
> +	int i, retval = 0;
> +	ext4_fsblk_t block;
> +	struct buffer_head *bh;
> +	struct ext4_extent_header *eh;
> +
> +	block = idx_pblock(ix);
> +	bh = sb_bread(inode->i_sb, block);
> +	if (!bh)
> +		return -EIO;
> +
> +	eh = (struct ext4_extent_header *)bh->b_data;
> +	if (eh->eh_depth == 0)
> +		ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, block, 1);
> +	else {
> +		ix = EXT_FIRST_INDEX(eh);
> +		for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(eh->eh_entries); i++, ix++) {
> +			retval = free_ext_idx(handle, inode, ix);
> +			if (retval)
> +				break;
> +		}
> +	}
> +	put_bh(bh);


We need to mark the index block as free.
 via ext4_free_blocks(handle, inode, block, 1);

I remember making this change. May be it was related to dind/tind
blocks. 


-aneesh


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