[PATCH 3.13 076/187] ext4: Fix block zeroing when punching holes in indirect block files

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Mon Sep 15 2014 - 18:17:09 EST


3.13.11.7 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

commit 77ea2a4ba657a1ad4fb7c64bc5cdce84b8a132b6 upstream.

free_holes_block() passed local variable as a block pointer
to ext4_clear_blocks(). Thus ext4_clear_blocks() zeroed out this local
variable instead of proper place in inode / indirect block. We later
zero out proper place in inode / indirect block but don't dirty the
inode / buffer again which can lead to subtle issues (some changes e.g.
to inode can be lost).

Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/indirect.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/indirect.c b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
index e6574d7..c30cbe2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/indirect.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/indirect.c
@@ -1345,8 +1345,8 @@ static int free_hole_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
if (level == 0 ||
(bh && all_zeroes((__le32 *)bh->b_data,
(__le32 *)bh->b_data + addr_per_block))) {
- ext4_free_data(handle, inode, parent_bh, &blk, &blk+1);
- *i_data = 0;
+ ext4_free_data(handle, inode, parent_bh,
+ i_data, i_data + 1);
}
brelse(bh);
bh = NULL;
--
1.9.1

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