ext3_xattr_set_handle() was zeroing out an inode outside of journaling constraints; this is one of the accesses that was causing the crc errors in journal replay as seen in kernel.org bugzilla #14354. Although ext3 doesn't have the crc issue, modifications out of journal control are a Bad Thing. Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/ext3/xattr.c b/fs/ext3/xattr.c index 545e37c..387d92d 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext3/xattr.c @@ -960,6 +960,10 @@ ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index, if (error) goto cleanup; + error = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, is.iloc.bh); + if (error) + goto cleanup; + if (EXT3_I(inode)->i_state & EXT3_STATE_NEW) { struct ext3_inode *raw_inode = ext3_raw_inode(&is.iloc); memset(raw_inode, 0, EXT3_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_inode_size); @@ -985,9 +989,6 @@ ext3_xattr_set_handle(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, int name_index, if (flags & XATTR_CREATE) goto cleanup; } - error = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, is.iloc.bh); - if (error) - goto cleanup; if (!value) { if (!is.s.not_found) error = ext3_xattr_ibody_set(handle, inode, &i, &is); -- 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