Previously a bad directory block with a bad checksum is skipped; we should be returning EFSBADCRC (aka EBADMSG). Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index 2a7f2dc7f4dd..13f0cadb1238 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1456,7 +1456,8 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir, EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "checksumming directory " "block %lu", (unsigned long)block); brelse(bh); - goto next; + ret = ERR_PTR(-EFSBADCRC); + goto cleanup_and_exit; } set_buffer_verified(bh); i = search_dirblock(bh, dir, &fname, -- 2.11.0.rc0.7.gbe5a750