6.1-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> commit e42e29cc442395d62f1a8963ec2dfb700ba6a5d7 upstream. This reverts commit cca974daeb6c43ea971f8ceff5a7080d7d49ee30. The added sanity check is incorrect. BUDMIN is not the wrong value and is too small. Signed-off-by: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c | 8 +------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-) --- a/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c +++ b/fs/jfs/jfs_dmap.c @@ -2765,9 +2765,7 @@ static int dbBackSplit(dmtree_t *tp, int * leafno - the number of the leaf to be updated. * newval - the new value for the leaf. * - * RETURN VALUES: - * 0 - success - * -EIO - i/o error + * RETURN VALUES: none */ static int dbJoin(dmtree_t *tp, int leafno, int newval, bool is_ctl) { @@ -2794,10 +2792,6 @@ static int dbJoin(dmtree_t *tp, int leaf * get the buddy size (number of words covered) of * the new value. */ - - if ((newval - tp->dmt_budmin) > BUDMIN) - return -EIO; - budsz = BUDSIZE(newval, tp->dmt_budmin); /* try to join.