Subject: [merged] ocfs2-ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file-should-return-ret.patch removed from -mm tree To: xiaowei.hu@xxxxxxxxxx,jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx,joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx,mfasheh@xxxxxxxx,shencanquan@xxxxxxxxxx,sunil.mushran@xxxxxxxxx,mm-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:57:30 -0700 The patch titled Subject: ocfs2: ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file() should return ret has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was ocfs2-ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file-should-return-ret.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Xiaowei.Hu" <xiaowei.hu@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ocfs2: ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file() should return ret If an error occurs, for example an EIO in __ocfs2_prepare_orphan_dir, ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file will release the inode_ac, then when the caller of ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file gets a 0 return, it will refer to a NULL ocfs2_alloc_context struct in the following functions. A kernel panic happens. Signed-off-by: "Xiaowei.Hu" <xiaowei.hu@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: shencanquan <shencanquan@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Sunil Mushran <sunil.mushran@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Jin <joe.jin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/ocfs2/namei.c~ocfs2-ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file-should-return-ret fs/ocfs2/namei.c --- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c~ocfs2-ocfs2_prep_new_orphaned_file-should-return-ret +++ a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c @@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ out: brelse(orphan_dir_bh); - return 0; + return ret; } int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from xiaowei.hu@xxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html