On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 12:04:08PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote: > > @@ -1428,8 +1429,10 @@ out: > > /* > > * Undo the block allocation > > */ > > - if (!performed_allocation) > > - dquot_free_block(inode, *count); > > + if (!performed_allocation) { > > + dquot_free_block_nodirty(inode, *count); > > + mark_inode_dirty(inode); > > + } > > brelse(bitmap_bh); > > return 0; > > } > Sorry, but the above two changes look stupid... Why call _nodirty variant > and dirty the inode immediately after that? It happens in two other places > in your patch as well... Frankly, I don't believe that dquot_free_block() is _ever_ the right interface; please, leave dirtying the inode to the filesystem and let it be explicit. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-next" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html