This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled jfs: fix error path in ialloc to the 3.11-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: jfs-fix-error-path-in-ialloc.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.11 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 8660998608cfa1077e560034db81885af8e1e885 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 21:49:56 -0500 Subject: jfs: fix error path in ialloc From: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 8660998608cfa1077e560034db81885af8e1e885 upstream. If insert_inode_locked() fails, we shouldn't be calling unlock_new_inode(). Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Michael L. Semon <mlsemon35@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_inode.c @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *paren if (insert_inode_locked(inode) < 0) { rc = -EINVAL; - goto fail_unlock; + goto fail_put; } inode_init_owner(inode, parent, mode); @@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ struct inode *ialloc(struct inode *paren fail_drop: dquot_drop(inode); inode->i_flags |= S_NOQUOTA; -fail_unlock: clear_nlink(inode); unlock_new_inode(inode); fail_put: Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.11/jfs-fix-error-path-in-ialloc.patch -- 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