Re: [BUG][reiserfs] page fault during kernel boot
From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Tue Aug 17 2010 - 18:30:40 EST
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:25:25AM +0300, Marin Mitov wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The function: reiserfs_evict_inode() ends with:
>
> <snip>
> out:
> end_writeback(inode); /* note this must go after the journal_end to prevent deadlock */
> dquot_drop(inode);
> inode->i_blocks = 0;
> reiserfs_write_unlock_once(inode->i_sb, depth);
>
> no_delete:
> end_writeback(inode);
> dquot_drop(inode);
> }
> <snip>
>
> When goto out path is taken,
>
> end_writeback(inode);
> dquot_drop(inode);
>
> are executed twice, leading to page fault (in my case) during the kernel boot.
>
> Add return; before no_delete label (but I am not quite sure that this is correct :-).
>
> Signed-off-by: Marin Mitov <mitov@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In fact the sam patch has been submitted and applied to the vfs tree already:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/8/11/98
The patch will probably reach mainline soon.
Thanks.
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