On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 8:20 AM, Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Why not just put the iput() at failed_mount4() instead of spread around the code? Thanks Andreas, Here is the updated patch. Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 5 +++-- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index cb10a06..8fa53e9 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -3522,17 +3522,16 @@ no_journal: if (IS_ERR(root)) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root inode failed"); ret = PTR_ERR(root); + root = NULL; goto failed_mount4; } if (!S_ISDIR(root->i_mode) || !root->i_blocks || !root->i_size) { - iput(root); ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "corrupt root inode, run e2fsck"); goto failed_mount4; } sb->s_root = d_alloc_root(root); if (!sb->s_root) { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root dentry failed"); - iput(root); ret = -ENOMEM; goto failed_mount4; } @@ -3648,6 +3647,8 @@ cantfind_ext4: goto failed_mount; failed_mount4: + iput(root); + sb->s_root = NULL; ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "mount failed"); destroy_workqueue(EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq); failed_mount_wq: -- 1.7.1 > > Cheers, Andreas > > On 2011-01-16, at 0:30, Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Fix missing iput for root inode in case of all failed mount paths. >> Fixes bug#26752 >> >> Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx> >> >> --- >> fs/ext4/super.c | 8 +++++++- >> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c >> index cb10a06..9570fcc 100644 >> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c >> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c >> @@ -3587,6 +3587,7 @@ no_journal: >> if (err) { >> ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to initialize system " >> "zone (%d)", err); >> + iput(root); >> goto failed_mount4; >> } >> >> @@ -3595,12 +3596,15 @@ no_journal: >> if (err) { >> ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "failed to initialize mballoc (%d)", >> err); >> + iput(root); >> goto failed_mount4; >> } >> >> err = ext4_register_li_request(sb, first_not_zeroed); >> - if (err) >> + if (err) { >> + iput(root); >> goto failed_mount4; >> + } >> >> sbi->s_kobj.kset = ext4_kset; >> init_completion(&sbi->s_kobj_unregister); >> @@ -3609,6 +3613,7 @@ no_journal: >> if (err) { >> ext4_mb_release(sb); >> ext4_ext_release(sb); >> + iput(root); >> goto failed_mount4; >> }; >> >> @@ -3648,6 +3653,7 @@ cantfind_ext4: >> goto failed_mount; >> >> failed_mount4: >> + sb->s_root = NULL; >> ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "mount failed"); >> destroy_workqueue(EXT4_SB(sb)->dio_unwritten_wq); >> failed_mount_wq: >> -- >> 1.7.1 >> >> >> -- >> Thanks - >> Manish >> ================================== >> [$\*.^ -- I miss being one of them >> ================================== >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Thanks - Manish ================================== [$\*.^ -- I miss being one of them ================================== -- 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