The patch titled ext3/4: fix uninitialized bs in ext3/4_xattr_set_handle() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext3-4-fix-uninitialized-bs-in-ext3-4_xattr_set_handle.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: ext3/4: fix uninitialized bs in ext3/4_xattr_set_handle() From: Tiger Yang <tiger.yang@xxxxxxxxxx> This fix the uninitialized bs when we try to replace a xattr entry in ibody with the new value which require more than free space. Signed-off-by: Tiger Yang <tiger.yang@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext3/xattr.c | 5 +++++ fs/ext4/xattr.c | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/ext3/xattr.c~ext3-4-fix-uninitialized-bs-in-ext3-4_xattr_set_handle fs/ext3/xattr.c --- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c~ext3-4-fix-uninitialized-bs-in-ext3-4_xattr_set_handle +++ a/fs/ext3/xattr.c @@ -1000,6 +1000,11 @@ ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, i.value = NULL; error = ext3_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs); } else if (error == -ENOSPC) { + if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_file_acl && !bs.s.base) { + error = ext3_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, &bs); + if (error) + goto cleanup; + } error = ext3_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs); if (error) goto cleanup; diff -puN fs/ext4/xattr.c~ext3-4-fix-uninitialized-bs-in-ext3-4_xattr_set_handle fs/ext4/xattr.c --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c~ext3-4-fix-uninitialized-bs-in-ext3-4_xattr_set_handle +++ a/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -1009,6 +1009,11 @@ ext4_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, i.value = NULL; error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs); } else if (error == -ENOSPC) { + if (EXT4_I(inode)->i_file_acl && !bs.s.base) { + error = ext4_xattr_block_find(inode, &i, &bs); + if (error) + goto cleanup; + } error = ext4_xattr_block_set(handle, inode, &i, &bs); if (error) goto cleanup; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from tiger.yang@xxxxxxxxxx are ext3-4-fix-uninitialized-bs-in-ext3-4_xattr_set_handle.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