Re: [PATCH] hfsplus: avoid crash on failed block map free

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Hi,

On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:23 PM, Alan Cox wrote:

> From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If the read fails we kmap an error code. This doesn't end well. Instead
> print a critical error and pray. This mirrors the rest of the fs behaviour
> with critical error cases.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c |    8 ++++++++
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c b/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c
> index 4cfbe2e..5eeefee 100644
> --- a/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c
> +++ b/fs/hfsplus/bitmap.c
> @@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ int hfsplus_block_free(struct super_block *sb, u32 offset, u32 count)
> 	mapping = sbi->alloc_file->i_mapping;
> 	pnr = offset / PAGE_CACHE_BITS;
> 	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, pnr, NULL);
> +	if (IS_ERR(page))
> +		goto kaboom;
> 	pptr = kmap(page);
> 	curr = pptr + (offset & (PAGE_CACHE_BITS - 1)) / 32;
> 	end = pptr + PAGE_CACHE_BITS / 32;
> @@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ int hfsplus_block_free(struct super_block *sb, u32 offset, u32 count)
> 		set_page_dirty(page);
> 		kunmap(page);
> 		page = read_mapping_page(mapping, ++pnr, NULL);
> +		if (IS_ERR(page))
> +			goto kaboom;
> 		pptr = kmap(page);
> 		curr = pptr;
> 		end = pptr + PAGE_CACHE_BITS / 32;
> @@ -231,5 +235,9 @@ out:
> 	hfsplus_mark_mdb_dirty(sb);
> 	mutex_unlock(&sbi->alloc_mutex);
> 
> +kaboom:
> +	printk(KERN_CRIT "hfsplus: unable to mark blocks free: error %ld\n",
> +			PTR_ERR(page));
> +	mutex_unlock(&sbi->alloc_mutex);

Your patch is good. But what about returning an error code (for example, -EIO)? Unfortunately, as I can see, the code that call hfsplus_block_free() doesn't analyze return code. I think that it is not good.

With the best regards,
Vyacheslav Dubeyko. 

> 	return 0;
> }
> 
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