The patch titled ext4: check for the correct error return from ext4_ext_get_blocks has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was ext4-check-for-the-correct-error-return-from-ext4_ext_get_blocks.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: ext4: check for the correct error return from ext4_ext_get_blocks From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ext4_ext_get_blocks returns negative values on error. We should check for <= 0 Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext4/extents.c~ext4-check-for-the-correct-error-return-from-ext4_ext_get_blocks fs/ext4/extents.c --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c~ext4-check-for-the-correct-error-return-from-ext4_ext_get_blocks +++ a/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -2628,8 +2628,8 @@ retry: ret = ext4_ext_get_blocks(handle, inode, block, max_blocks, &map_bh, EXT4_CREATE_UNINITIALIZED_EXT, 0); - WARN_ON(!ret); - if (!ret) { + WARN_ON(ret <= 0); + if (ret <= 0) { ext4_error(inode->i_sb, "ext4_fallocate", "ext4_ext_get_blocks returned 0! inode#%lu" ", block=%lu, max_blocks=%lu", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are ext2-return-after-ext2_error-in-case-of-failures.patch ext2-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error.patch add-buffer-head-related-helper-functions.patch ext2-add-block-bitmap-validation.patch ext3-add-block-bitmap-validation.patch ext3-return-after-ext3_error-in-case-of-failures.patch ext3-change-the-default-behaviour-on-error.patch - 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