Re: [PATCH 3/6] ext4: Do not clear EOFBLOCKS_FL too soon

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On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 01:08:56AM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> ext4_ext_insert_extent() may fail due to number of reasons (ENOSPC)
> so let's update eof flag only after extent was successfully inserted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>

The problem with this patch is that if the check_eofblocks_fl() fails,
the patch jumps to out: and doesn't undo the block allocation and
extent tree manipulation.

I suspect a better way of solving this problem is to keep the existing
order, but to save the state of eofblocks flag, and if
ext4_ext_insert_extent() fails, to restore the state of the eofblocks
flag before jumping to the exit routine.

					- Ted
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