ext4_mb_init_backend() has a variable i of type ext4_group_t. which is typedefined in include/linux/ext4_fs_i.h:34 to unsigned long. Since unsigned, i >= 0 is always true, so fix hot spins after err_freebuddy and err_freemeta. Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <12o3l@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index ef97f19..afba9b8 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -2618,14 +2618,14 @@ static int ext4_mb_init_backend(struct super_block *sb) return 0; err_freebuddy: - while (i >= 0) { + do { kfree(ext4_get_group_info(sb, i)); - i--; - } - i = num_meta_group_infos; + } while (i-- != 0); + i = num_meta_group_infos - 1; err_freemeta: - while (--i >= 0) + do { kfree(sbi->s_group_info[i]); + } while (i-- != 0); iput(sbi->s_buddy_cache); err_freesgi: kfree(sbi->s_group_info); -- 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