http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12672 ------- Comment #1 from aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 2009-02-09 00:32 ------- Can you try this patch diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c index deba54f..34f3a66 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c @@ -4476,23 +4476,26 @@ static int ext4_mb_release_context(struct ext4_allocation_context *ac) pa->pa_free -= ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len; pa->pa_len -= ac->ac_b_ex.fe_len; spin_unlock(&pa->pa_lock); - /* - * We want to add the pa to the right bucket. - * Remove it from the list and while adding - * make sure the list to which we are adding - * doesn't grow big. - */ - if (likely(pa->pa_free)) { - spin_lock(pa->pa_obj_lock); - list_del_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list); - spin_unlock(pa->pa_obj_lock); - ext4_mb_add_n_trim(ac); - } } - ext4_mb_put_pa(ac, ac->ac_sb, pa); } if (ac->alloc_semp) up_read(ac->alloc_semp); + if (pa) { + /** + * We want to add the pa to the right bucket. + * Remove it from the list and while adding + * make sure the list to which we are adding + * doesn't grow big. + */ + if (likely(pa->pa_free)) { + spin_lock(pa->pa_obj_lock); + list_del_rcu(&pa->pa_inode_list); + spin_unlock(pa->pa_obj_lock); + ext4_mb_add_n_trim(ac); + } + ext4_mb_put_pa(ac, ac->ac_sb, pa); + } + if (ac->ac_bitmap_page) page_cache_release(ac->ac_bitmap_page); if (ac->ac_buddy_page) -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug, or are watching the assignee. -- 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
