2.6.29-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ From: Aneesh Kumar K.V (cherry picked from commit 33b9817e2ae097c7b8d256e3510ac6c54fc6d9d0) Use a very large unsigned number (~0xffff) as as the fake block number for the delayed new buffer. The VFS should never try to write out this number, but if it does, this will make it obvious. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/ext4/inode.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c @@ -2220,6 +2220,10 @@ static int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct struct buffer_head *bh_result, int create) { int ret = 0; + sector_t invalid_block = ~((sector_t) 0xffff); + + if (invalid_block < ext4_blocks_count(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_es)) + invalid_block = ~0; BUG_ON(create == 0); BUG_ON(bh_result->b_size != inode->i_sb->s_blocksize); @@ -2241,7 +2245,7 @@ static int ext4_da_get_block_prep(struct /* not enough space to reserve */ return ret; - map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, 0); + map_bh(bh_result, inode->i_sb, invalid_block); set_buffer_new(bh_result); set_buffer_delay(bh_result); } else if (ret > 0) { -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/