From: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@xxxxxxxx> Fix error handling in ext4_create_journal according to kernel conventions. Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bbpetkov@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext4/super.c~ext4-fix-error-handling-in-ext4_create_journal fs/ext4/super.c --- a/fs/ext4/super.c~ext4-fix-error-handling-in-ext4_create_journal +++ a/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -2158,6 +2158,7 @@ static int ext4_create_journal(struct su unsigned int journal_inum) { journal_t *journal; + int err; if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) { printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: readonly filesystem when trying to " @@ -2165,13 +2166,15 @@ static int ext4_create_journal(struct su return -EROFS; } - if (!(journal = ext4_get_journal(sb, journal_inum))) + journal = ext4_get_journal(sb, journal_inum); + if (!journal) return -EINVAL; printk(KERN_INFO "EXT4-fs: creating new journal on inode %u\n", journal_inum); - if (jbd2_journal_create(journal)) { + err = jbd2_journal_create(journal); + if (err) { printk(KERN_ERR "EXT4-fs: error creating journal.\n"); jbd2_journal_destroy(journal); return -EIO; _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html