Re: [PATCH] ext4_rename should dirty dir_bh with the correctdirectory

From: Ted Ts'o
Date: Sun Aug 21 2011 - 14:16:05 EST


On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 08:35:44PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> When ext4_rename performs a directory rename (move), dir_bh is a buffer that is
> modified to update the '..' link in the directory being moved (old_inode).
> However, ext4_handle_dirty_metadata is called with the old parent directory
> inode (old_dir) and dir_bh, which is incorrect because dir_bh does not belong
> to the parent inode. Fix this error.
>
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>

Added to the ext4 tree, thanks.

- Ted
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