On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 04:21:40PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > --- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c > @@ -1628,6 +1628,9 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, > free_blocks = > percpu_counter_sum_and_set(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter); > #endif > + if (free_blocks <= root_blocks) > + /* we don't have free space */ > + return 0; > if (free_blocks - root_blocks < nblocks) > return free_blocks - root_blocks; > return nblocks; Thanks, I'll try it out. Given that ext4_fsblk_t is an unsigned long (BTW, this is one of the reasons why the common coding style guide dislikes typedefs; it hides this kind of errors), it's obviously a good patch to add regardless of whether it solves are problem, since if freeblocks < root_blocks, the following condition is going to do the Wrong Thing. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> - Ted -- 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
