Re: [PATCH 2/2] jfs: Log shutdown error in jfs_freeze() function

From: Gu Zheng
Date: Fri May 24 2013 - 05:38:56 EST


This is a multi-part message in MIME format.Hi Vahram,
I saw the same issue in the bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53331,
and I sent out a patch this issue, but I've get any feedback.
In fact, I think it's the right way to fix this issue,
can you help to test it?

Thanks,
Gu


On 05/24/2013 04:57 PM, Vahram Martirosyan wrote:

> In function jfs_freeze() the log is shut down through lmLogShutdown() call.
> When the "nointegrity" mount option is enabled, the log is actually not
> initialized. As a result the freeze operation in that case brings to a
> kernel OOPS.
>
> The solution is to check if the "nointegrity" option is enabled and if it is not
> then shut the log down.
>
> May be this is not the best solution, but at least it fixes the OOPS.
>
> Found by Linux File System Verification project (linuxtesting.org)
>
> Signed-off-by: Vahram Martirosyan <vahram.martirosyan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/jfs/super.c | 10 ++++++----
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/jfs/super.c b/fs/jfs/super.c
> index a3d424d..9788970 100644
> --- a/fs/jfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/jfs/super.c
> @@ -615,10 +615,12 @@ static int jfs_freeze(struct super_block *sb)
>
> if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
> txQuiesce(sb);
> - rc = lmLogShutdown(log);
> - if (rc != 0) {
> - jfs_err("lmLogShutdown failed with return code %d", rc);
> - return rc;
> + if (!log->no_integrity) {
> + rc = lmLogShutdown(log);
> + if (rc != 0) {
> + jfs_err("lmLogShutdown failed with return code %d", rc);
> + return rc;
> + }
> }
> rc = updateSuper(sb, FM_CLEAN);
> if (rc != 0) {