Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs] delete unused nodes in ext2fs_extent_delete

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On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 04:13:41PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> This patch causes ext2fs_extent_delete to remove an
> extent node if the last record in it has been deleted.

I needed to apply this fix on top of your patch; otherwise, when
deleting the last extent in the root node, the current extent pointer
is left pointing at an invalid extent.

					- Ted

diff --git a/lib/ext2fs/extent.c b/lib/ext2fs/extent.c
index c3863b5..19d7feb 100644
--- a/lib/ext2fs/extent.c
+++ b/lib/ext2fs/extent.c
@@ -1225,11 +1225,11 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_extent_delete(ext2_extent_handle_t handle, int flags)
 		ix--;
 		path->curr = ix;
 	}
-	path->entries--;
-	/* if non-root node has no entries left, remove it & parent ptr to it */
-	if (path->entries == 0 && handle->level) {
+	if (--path->entries == 0)
 		path->curr = 0;
 
+	/* if non-root node has no entries left, remove it & parent ptr to it */
+	if (path->entries == 0 && handle->level) {
 		if (!(flags & EXT2_EXTENT_DELETE_KEEP_EMPTY)) {
 			struct ext2fs_extent	extent;
 
@@ -1251,7 +1251,6 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_extent_delete(ext2_extent_handle_t handle, int flags)
 
 		retval = update_path(handle);
 	}
-
 	return retval;
 }
 
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