Call dquot_drop() from ext4_dquot_drop() even if we fail to start a transaction. Otherwise we never get to dropping references to quota structures from the inode and umount will hang indefinitely. Thanks to Payphone LIOU for spotting the problem. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> CC: Payphone LIOU <lioupayphone@xxxxxxxxx> --- I'm not sure if this should go through ext4 patch queue or through Andrew. It should not collide with anything so it probably does not matter much... fs/ext4/super.c | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 13383ba..286acec 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -3039,8 +3039,14 @@ static int ext4_dquot_drop(struct inode *inode) /* We may delete quota structure so we need to reserve enough blocks */ handle = ext4_journal_start(inode, 2*EXT4_QUOTA_DEL_BLOCKS(inode->i_sb)); - if (IS_ERR(handle)) + if (IS_ERR(handle)) { + /* + * We call dquot_drop() anyway to at least release references + * to quota structures so that umount does not hang. + */ + dquot_drop(inode); return PTR_ERR(handle); + } ret = dquot_drop(inode); err = ext4_journal_stop(handle); if (!ret) -- 1.5.2.4 -- 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