ocfs2: should reclaim the inode if '__ocfs2_mknod_locked' returns an error
authoralex chen <alex.chen@huawei.com>
Fri, 6 Nov 2015 02:44:10 +0000 (18:44 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 6 Nov 2015 03:34:48 +0000 (19:34 -0800)
commitb1529a41f777a48f95d4af29668b70ffe3360e1b
treee3005cd8b4943f854b4851cf5e95b285339efe2d
parent0986fe9b50f425ec81f25a1a85aaf3574b31d801
ocfs2: should reclaim the inode if '__ocfs2_mknod_locked' returns an error

In ocfs2_mknod_locked if '__ocfs2_mknod_locke d' returns an error, we
should reclaim the inode successfully claimed above, otherwise, the
inode never be reused. The case is described below:

ocfs2_mknod
    ocfs2_mknod_locked
        ocfs2_claim_new_inode
                Successfully claim the inode
        __ocfs2_mknod_locked
            ocfs2_journal_access_di
            Failed because of -ENOMEM or other reasons, the inode
                        lockres has not been initialized yet.

    iput(inode)
        ocfs2_evict_inode
            ocfs2_delete_inode
                ocfs2_inode_lock
                    ocfs2_inode_lock_full_nested
                        __ocfs2_cluster_lock
                                Return -EINVAL because of the inode
                                lockres has not been initialized.

                So the following operations are not performed
                ocfs2_wipe_inode
                        ocfs2_remove_inode
                                ocfs2_free_dinode
                                        ocfs2_free_suballoc_bits

Signed-off-by: Alex Chen <alex.chen@huawei.com>
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@huawei.com>
Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@suse.de>
Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
fs/ocfs2/namei.c
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