From: Idan Kedar Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:03:31 +0000 (+0200) Subject: exofs: clean up the correct page collection on write error X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=af402ab2b0369c2b1acf4cde72c5ed5050c74e5b;p=deliverable%2Flinux.git exofs: clean up the correct page collection on write error if ore_write() fails, we would unlock the pages of pcol, which is now empty, rather than pcol_copy which owns the pages when ore_write() is called. this means that no pages will actually be unlocked (pcol.nr_pages == 0) and the writing process (more accurately, the syncing process) will hang waiting for a writeback notification that never comes. moreover, if ore_write() fails, pcol_free() is called for pcol, whereas pcol_copy is the object owning the ore_io_state, thus leaking the ore_io_state. [Boaz] I have simplified Idan's original patch a bit, everything else still holds Signed-off-by: Idan Kedar Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh --- diff --git a/fs/exofs/inode.c b/fs/exofs/inode.c index b56181047751..1634b946565f 100644 --- a/fs/exofs/inode.c +++ b/fs/exofs/inode.c @@ -676,8 +676,10 @@ static int write_exec(struct page_collect *pcol) return 0; err: - _unlock_pcol_pages(pcol, ret, WRITE); - pcol_free(pcol); + if (!pcol_copy) /* Failed before ownership transfer */ + pcol_copy = pcol; + _unlock_pcol_pages(pcol_copy, ret, WRITE); + pcol_free(pcol_copy); kfree(pcol_copy); return ret;