fallocate() checks that the file is extent-based and returns EOPNOTSUPP in case is not. Other tasks can convert from and to indirect and extent so it's safe to check only after grabbing the inode mutex. Signed-off-by: Davide Italiano <dccitaliano@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/extents.c | 16 +++++++++------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c index bed4308..8a9ee08 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c @@ -4934,13 +4934,6 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len) if (ret) return ret; - /* - * currently supporting (pre)allocate mode for extent-based - * files _only_ - */ - if (!(ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))) - return -EOPNOTSUPP; - if (mode & FALLOC_FL_COLLAPSE_RANGE) return ext4_collapse_range(inode, offset, len); @@ -4962,6 +4955,15 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len) mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); + /* + * currently supporting (pre)allocate mode for extent-based + * files _only_ + */ + if (!(ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS))) { + ret = -EOPNOTSUPP; + goto out; + } + if (!(mode & FALLOC_FL_KEEP_SIZE) && offset + len > i_size_read(inode)) { new_size = offset + len; -- 2.3.4 -- 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