linux-kernel - [ 44/82] ext4: add ext4_mb_unload

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Message-Id: <20120608041846.747688192@decadent.org.uk>
Date:	Fri, 08 Jun 2012 05:19:24 +0100
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, Salman Qazi <sqazi@...gle.com>,
	"Theodore Tso" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: [ 44/82] ext4: add ext4_mb_unload_buddy in the error path

3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Salman Qazi <sqazi@...gle.com>

commit 02b7831019ea4e7994968c84b5826fa8b248ffc8 upstream.

ext4_free_blocks fails to pair an ext4_mb_load_buddy with a matching
ext4_mb_unload_buddy when it fails a memory allocation.

Signed-off-by: Salman Qazi <sqazi@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 fs/ext4/mballoc.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -4693,6 +4693,7 @@
 		 */
 		new_entry = kmem_cache_alloc(ext4_free_ext_cachep, GFP_NOFS);
 		if (!new_entry) {
+			ext4_mb_unload_buddy(&e4b);
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto error_return;
 		}


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