This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled btrfs: return value from btrfs_mark_extent_written() in case of error to the 4.19-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: btrfs-return-value-from-btrfs_mark_extent_written-in-case-of-error.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.19 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From e7b2ec3d3d4ebeb4cff7ae45cf430182fa6a49fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 20:24:05 +0530 Subject: btrfs: return value from btrfs_mark_extent_written() in case of error From: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit e7b2ec3d3d4ebeb4cff7ae45cf430182fa6a49fb upstream. We always return 0 even in case of an error in btrfs_mark_extent_written(). Fix it to return proper error value in case of a failure. All callers handle it. CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.4+ Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/btrfs/file.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/btrfs/file.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c @@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ int btrfs_mark_extent_written(struct btr int del_nr = 0; int del_slot = 0; int recow; - int ret; + int ret = 0; u64 ino = btrfs_ino(inode); path = btrfs_alloc_path(); @@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ again: } out: btrfs_free_path(path); - return 0; + return ret; } /* Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from riteshh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.19/btrfs-return-value-from-btrfs_mark_extent_written-in-case-of-error.patch