Re: [PATCH] fs/ext4: add missing ext4_resize_end

From: Djalal Harouni
Date: Tue Jan 03 2012 - 05:44:48 EST


On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 09:14:20AM +0800, Yongqiang Yang wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> The patch looks good. I have to update the new resize patch too.
>
> Yongqiang.
>
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Djalal Harouni <tixxdz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Online resize ioctls 'EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND' and 'EXT4_IOC_GROUP_ADD'
> > call ext4_resize_begin() to check permissions and to set the
> > EXT4_RESIZING bit lock, they do their work and they must finish with
> > ext4_resize_end() which calls clear_bit_unlock() to unlock and to
> > avoid -EBUSY errors for the next resize operations.
> >
> > This patch adds the missing ext4_resize_end() calls on error paths.
Any news on this one ?

If we call EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND ioctl and get_user() fails with -EFAULT
then any new call will return -EBUSY, unless we unmount/mount the fs.

In rare situations this can lead to a corrupt filesystem, I've experienced
this, but I'm not sure what I did. fsck fix it.

Thanks.

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