gdb_bh must be released in case of errors before update of s_group_desc
but it must not be released after update of group descriptors
because in this case bh can be used later.
Fixes 01f795f9e0d6 ("ext4: add online resizing support for meta_bg ...")
#? cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 3.7+
Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/resize.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/resize.c b/fs/ext4/resize.c
index ff17480e8613..ff8389ac4769 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/resize.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/resize.c
@@ -923,6 +923,7 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
sizeof(struct buffer_head *),
GFP_NOFS);
if (!n_group_desc) {
+ brelse(gdb_bh);
err = -ENOMEM;
ext4_warning(sb, "not enough memory for %lu groups",
gdb_num + 1);
@@ -938,8 +939,6 @@ static int add_new_gdb_meta_bg(struct super_block *sb,
kvfree(o_group_desc);
BUFFER_TRACE(gdb_bh, "get_write_access");
err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, gdb_bh);
- if (unlikely(err))
- brelse(gdb_bh);
return err;
}
--
2.17.1
