The patch titled jbd2: only create debugfs and stats entries if cache initialisation is successful has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is jbd2-only-create-debugfs-and-stats-entries-if-cache-initialisation-is-successful.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: jbd2: only create debugfs and stats entries if cache initialisation is successful From: "Duane Griffin" <duaneg@xxxxxxxxx> jbd2 debugfs and stats entries should only be created if cache initialisation is successful. At the moment they are being created unconditionally which will leave them dangling if cache (and hence module) initialisation fails. Signed-off-by: Duane Griffin <duaneg@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jbd2/journal.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/jbd2/journal.c~jbd2-only-create-debugfs-and-stats-entries-if-cache-initialisation-is-successful fs/jbd2/journal.c --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c~jbd2-only-create-debugfs-and-stats-entries-if-cache-initialisation-is-successful +++ a/fs/jbd2/journal.c @@ -2321,10 +2321,12 @@ static int __init journal_init(void) BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct journal_superblock_s) != 1024); ret = journal_init_caches(); - if (ret != 0) + if (ret == 0) { + jbd2_create_debugfs_entry(); + jbd2_create_jbd_stats_proc_entry(); + } else { jbd2_journal_destroy_caches(); - jbd2_create_debugfs_entry(); - jbd2_create_jbd_stats_proc_entry(); + } return ret; } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from duaneg@xxxxxxxxx are jbd-eliminate-duplicated-code-in-revocation-table-init-destroy-functions.patch jbd-replace-potentially-false-assertion-with-if-block.patch jbd-only-create-debugfs-entries-if-cache-initialisation-is-successful.patch jbd2-eliminate-duplicated-code-in-revocation-table-init-destroy-functions.patch jbd2-replace-potentially-false-assertion-with-if-block.patch jbd2-only-create-debugfs-and-stats-entries-if-cache-initialisation-is-successful.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