linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] gfs2: remove assertion when journal

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Date:   Sun, 15 Dec 2019 20:50:28 +0100
From:   Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@...hat.com>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     kjlu@....edu, Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>,
        cluster-devel <cluster-devel@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gfs2: remove assertion when journal_info is not empty

Hello Aditya,

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 5:46 PM Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu> wrote:
> In gfs2_trans_begin, avoid crashing when current->journal_info
> is not empty. The patch fixes  the error by returning -EINVAL
> instead of crashing.

can you please explain when that patch is needed? Do you have a test
case to reproduce?

Thanks,
Andreas