2.6.31-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. ------------------ (cherry picked from commit 86ebfd08a1930ccedb8eac0aeb1ed4b8b6a41dbc) ext4_xattr_set_handle() was zeroing out an inode outside of journaling constraints; this is one of the accesses that was causing the crc errors in journal replay as seen in kernel.org bugzilla #14354. Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -988,6 +988,10 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, if (error) goto cleanup; + error = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, is.iloc.bh); + if (error) + goto cleanup; + if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_state & EXT4_STATE_NEW) { struct ext4_inode *raw_inode = ext4_raw_inode(&is.iloc); memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size); @@ -1013,9 +1017,6 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, if (flags & XATTR_CREATE) goto cleanup; } - error = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, is.iloc.bh); - if (error) - goto cleanup; if (!value) { if (!is.s.not_found) error = ext4_xattr_ibody_set(handle, inode, &i, &is); -- 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/