linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Return -EIO when xfs_vn

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Date:	Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:59:57 -0400
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Mitsuo Hayasaka <mitsuo.hayasaka.hu@...achi.com>
Cc:	Alex Elder <aelder@....com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	yrl.pp-manager.tt@...achi.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com, xfs-masters@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Return -EIO when xfs_vn_getattr() failed

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 10:38:38PM +0900, Mitsuo Hayasaka wrote:
> An attribute of inode can be fetched via xfs_vn_getattr() in XFS.
> Currently it returns EIO, not negative value, when it failed.
> As a result, the system call returns not negative value even though
> an error occured. The stat(2), ls and mv commands cannot handle this
> error and do not work correctly.
> 
> This patch fixes this bug, and returns -EIO, not EIO when an error
> is detected in xfs_vn_getattr().

Indeed.  Looks good,


Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

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