Re: [PATCH] ext2:delete misused ext2_free_blocks

From: Peter Pan
Date: Wed Jun 30 2010 - 22:01:41 EST


On 07/01/2010 06:57 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote:
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 06:21:27PM +0800, Peter Pan wrote:
if ext2_new_blocks returns error, no blocks need to be freed.

Hi Peter,

Your patch isn't right. The original code is OK as is.

Are you seeing a kernel panic? Perhaps we can help you fix it.
Oh, I know that the original code is good now.
I didn't see a kernel panic, thank you for your guide.
regards,
dan carpenter

Signed-off-by: Peter Pan<wppan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext2/inode.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/inode.c b/fs/ext2/inode.c
index 3675088..f858847 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/inode.c
@@ -385,6 +385,8 @@ static int ext2_alloc_blocks(struct inode *inode,
ext2_fsblk_t current_block = 0;
int ret = 0;

+ *err = -ENOSPC;
+
/*
* Here we try to allocate the requested multiple blocks at once,
* on a best-effort basis.
@@ -421,8 +423,6 @@ static int ext2_alloc_blocks(struct inode *inode,
*err = 0;
return ret;
failed_out:
- for (i = 0; i<index; i++)
- ext2_free_blocks(inode, new_blocks[i], 1);
return ret;
}

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