As call read_mmp_block pass bh_check which value is NULL, then call sb_getblk to get buffer_head. But mmp_block's buffer_head is already exist which also is uptodate. Lead to compare the same data. Signed-off-by: Ye Bin <yebin10@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/mmp.c | 17 ++++++----------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/mmp.c b/fs/ext4/mmp.c index 61c765c249b9..8018f6fb6ac2 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/mmp.c +++ b/fs/ext4/mmp.c @@ -186,10 +186,7 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data) */ diff = jiffies - last_update_time; if (diff > mmp_check_interval * HZ) { - struct buffer_head *bh_check = NULL; - struct mmp_struct *mmp_check; - - retval = read_mmp_block(sb, bh_check); + retval = read_mmp_block(sb, bh); if (retval) { ext4_error_err(sb, -retval, "error reading MMP data: %d", @@ -197,20 +194,18 @@ static int kmmpd(void *data) goto wait_to_exit; } - mmp_check = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh_check->b_data); - if (seq != mmp_check->mmp_seq || - memcmp(nodename, mmp_check->mmp_nodename, - sizeof(mmp->mmp_nodename))) { - dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp_check, + mmp = (struct mmp_struct *)(bh->b_data); + if (seq != le32_to_cpu(mmp->mmp_seq) || + memcmp(nodename, mmp->mmp_nodename, + sizeof(nodename))) { + dump_mmp_msg(sb, mmp, "Error while updating MMP info. " "The filesystem seems to have been" " multiply mounted."); ext4_error_err(sb, EBUSY, "abort"); - put_bh(bh_check); retval = -EBUSY; goto wait_to_exit; } - put_bh(bh_check); } /* -- 2.31.1