2.6.32-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ make_indexed_dir() fails From: Allison Henderson <achender@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fix for a null pointer bug found while running punch hole tests Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <achender@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> (cherry picked from commit 6976a6f2acde2b0443cd64f1d08af90630e4ce81) Signed-off-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index afe3148..902f69b 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1457,6 +1457,10 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry, frame->at = entries; frame->bh = bh; bh = bh2; + + ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh); + ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh); + de = do_split(handle,dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo, &retval); if (!de) { /* @@ -1465,8 +1469,6 @@ static int make_indexed_dir(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry, * with corrupted filesystem. */ ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, dir); - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, frame->bh); - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata(handle, dir, bh); dx_release(frames); return retval; } -- 1.7.12.2.21.g234cd45.dirty -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html