From: Allison Henderson <[email protected]> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. -------------------
commit 6976a6f2acde2b0443cd64f1d08af90630e4ce81 upstream. Fix for a null pointer bug found while running punch hole tests Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <[email protected]> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index caa3c77f1743..41198b355a26 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1451,6 +1451,10 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry, frame->at = entries; frame->bh = bh; bh = bh2; + + ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh); + ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh); + de = do_split(handle,dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo, &retval); if (!de) { /* @@ -1459,8 +1463,6 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry, * with corrupted filesystem. */ ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh); - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh); dx_release(frames); return retval; } -- 1.8.5.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
