Re: [PATCH 16/54] e2fsck: decrement bad count _after_ remapping a duplicate block

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On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:37:18PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> Decrement the bad count *after* we've shown that (a) we can allocate a
> replacement block and (b) remap the file block.  Unfortunately,
> the only way to tell if the remapping succeeded is to wait until the
> next clone_file_block() call or block_iterate3() returns.
> 
> Otherwise, there's a corruption error: we decrease the badcount once in
> preparation to remap, then the remap fails (either we can't find a
> replacement block or we have to split the extent tree and can't find a
> new extent block), so we delete the file, which decreases the badcount
> on the block a second time.  Later on e2fsck will think that it's
> straightened out all the duplicate blocks, which isn't true.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

						- Ted
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