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ext4: ext4_mkdir should dirty dir_block with the parent inode

Message ID 20110817033954.GP20655@tux1.beaverton.ibm.com
State Accepted, archived
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Commit Message

Darrick J. Wong Aug. 17, 2011, 3:39 a.m. UTC
ext4_mkdir calls ext4_handle_dirty_metadata with dir_block and the inode "dir".
Unfortunately, dir_block belongs to the newly created directory (which is
"inode"), not the parent directory (which is "dir").  Fix the incorrect
association.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
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 fs/ext4/namei.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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Comments

Darrick J. Wong Sept. 30, 2011, 7:45 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 08:39:54PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> ext4_mkdir calls ext4_handle_dirty_metadata with dir_block and the inode "dir".
> Unfortunately, dir_block belongs to the newly created directory (which is
> "inode"), not the parent directory (which is "dir").  Fix the incorrect
> association.

Any thoughts about this one, Ted?

--D
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
> ---
> 
>  fs/ext4/namei.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> index 2b5c34b..a2c2855 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
> @@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@ retry:
>  	ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
>  	inode->i_nlink = 2;
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
> -	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, dir_block);
> +	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, dir_block);
>  	if (err)
>  		goto out_clear_inode;
>  	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
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Patch

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index 2b5c34b..a2c2855 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1866,7 +1866,7 @@  retry:
 	ext4_set_de_type(dir->i_sb, de, S_IFDIR);
 	inode->i_nlink = 2;
 	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "call ext4_handle_dirty_metadata");
-	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, dir_block);
+	err = ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, inode, dir_block);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_clear_inode;
 	err = ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);