Re: [PATCH] fs/block_dev.c: return the right error in thaw_bdev()

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

On Tue 04-10-16 10:53:40, Pierre Morel wrote:
> When triggering thaw-filesystems via magic sysrq, the system enters a
> loop in do_thaw_one(), as thaw_bdev() still returns success if
> bd_fsfreeze_count == 0. To fix this, let thaw_bdev() always return
> error (and simplify the code a bit at the same time).
> 
> Reviewed-by: Eric Farman <farman@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

Jens, can you please merge this patch? Thanks!

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/block_dev.c | 7 ++-----
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
> index 08ae993..0e7a8f4 100644
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -302,14 +302,11 @@ int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
>  		error = sb->s_op->thaw_super(sb);
>  	else
>  		error = thaw_super(sb);
> -	if (error) {
> +	if (error)
>  		bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count++;
> -		mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
> -		return error;
> -	}
>  out:
>  	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
> -	return 0;
> +	return error;
>  }
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(thaw_bdev);
>  
> -- 
> 2.5.0
> 
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR