Set block num to original *count in a case of retrying allocation in case num < *count Signed-off-by: Chengguang Xu <cgxu519@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Hi Jan, This patch is only compile-tested, I'm not sure if this kind of unexpected condition which causes reallocation will actually happen but baesd on the code the fix seems correct and better. fs/ext2/balloc.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/fs/ext2/balloc.c b/fs/ext2/balloc.c index e0cc55164505..924c1c765306 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/balloc.c +++ b/fs/ext2/balloc.c @@ -1404,6 +1404,7 @@ ext2_fsblk_t ext2_new_blocks(struct inode *inode, ext2_fsblk_t goal, * use. So we may want to selectively mark some of the blocks * as free */ + num = *count; goto retry_alloc; } -- 2.21.0