In ext4_rename(), don't start the journal handle until the the directory entries have been successfully looked up. Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 23 +++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index ab2f6dc..f57980c 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext4_get_first_dir_block(handle_t *handle, static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *new_dir, struct dentry *new_dentry) { - handle_t *handle; + handle_t *handle = NULL; struct inode *old_inode, *new_inode; struct buffer_head *old_bh, *new_bh, *dir_bh; struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *old_de, *new_de; @@ -2982,14 +2982,6 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, * in separate transaction */ if (new_dentry->d_inode) dquot_initialize(new_dentry->d_inode); - handle = ext4_journal_start(old_dir, EXT4_HT_DIR, - (2 * EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(old_dir->i_sb) + - EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2)); - if (IS_ERR(handle)) - return PTR_ERR(handle); - - if (IS_DIRSYNC(old_dir) || IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) - ext4_handle_sync(handle); old_bh = ext4_find_entry(old_dir, &old_dentry->d_name, &old_de, NULL); /* @@ -3012,6 +3004,16 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry, new_bh = NULL; } } + + handle = ext4_journal_start(old_dir, EXT4_HT_DIR, + (2 * EXT4_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS(old_dir->i_sb) + + EXT4_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2)); + if (IS_ERR(handle)) + return PTR_ERR(handle); + + if (IS_DIRSYNC(old_dir) || IS_DIRSYNC(new_dir)) + ext4_handle_sync(handle); + if (S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode)) { if (new_inode) { retval = -ENOTEMPTY; @@ -3151,7 +3153,8 @@ end_rename: brelse(dir_bh); brelse(old_bh); brelse(new_bh); - ext4_journal_stop(handle); + if (handle) + ext4_journal_stop(handle); if (retval == 0 && force_da_alloc) ext4_alloc_da_blocks(old_inode); return retval; -- 1.7.12.rc0.22.gcdd159b -- 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