From: "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] ext2fs: Update allocation info earlier in ext2fs_mkdir() and ext2fs_symlink()
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 21:20:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200308022024.GG99899@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200308000220.GF99899@mit.edu>
On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 07:02:20PM -0500, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 11:15:58AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > Currently, ext2fs_mkdir() and ext2fs_symlink() update allocation bitmaps
> > and other information only close to the end of the function, in
> > particular after calling to ext2fs_link(). When ext2fs_link() will
> > support indexed directories, it will also need to allocate blocks and
> > that would cause filesystem corruption in case allocation info isn't
> > properly updated. So make sure ext2fs_mkdir() and ext2fs_symlink()
> > update allocation info before calling into ext2fs_link().
>
> I'm not sure why there would be file system corruption if the
> allocation information isn't updated until later? Can you explain more?
So I tried dropping this patch (and applying patches 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
and I'm not noticing any test failures....
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-08 2:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-13 10:15 [PATCH 0/7 v2] e2fsprogs: Better handling of indexed directories Jan Kara
2020-02-13 10:15 ` [PATCH 1/7] e2fsck: Clarify overflow link count error message Jan Kara
2020-02-14 19:27 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-03-07 18:52 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-02-13 10:15 ` [PATCH 2/7] e2fsck: Fix indexed dir rehash failure with metadata_csum enabled Jan Kara
2020-02-14 19:28 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-03-07 23:17 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-03-16 9:30 ` Jan Kara
2020-02-13 10:15 ` [PATCH 3/7] ext2fs: Update allocation info earlier in ext2fs_mkdir() and ext2fs_symlink() Jan Kara
2020-02-14 19:37 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-03-08 0:02 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-03-08 2:20 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o [this message]
2020-03-15 16:15 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-03-16 9:32 ` Jan Kara
2020-02-13 10:15 ` [PATCH 4/7] ext2fs: Implement dir entry creation in htree directories Jan Kara
2020-03-15 16:43 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-02-13 10:16 ` [PATCH 5/7] tests: Modify f_large_dir test to excercise indexed dir handling Jan Kara
2020-02-18 20:29 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-03-15 16:43 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-02-13 10:16 ` [PATCH 6/7] tests: Add test to excercise indexed directories with metadata_csum Jan Kara
2020-02-18 20:34 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-02-13 10:16 ` [PATCH 7/7] tune2fs: Update dir checksums when clearing dir_index feature Jan Kara
2020-02-18 20:50 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-02-19 10:23 ` Jan Kara
2020-03-15 17:15 ` Theodore Y. Ts'o
2020-03-16 0:11 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-03-16 9:27 ` Jan Kara
2020-03-26 14:27 ` Jan Kara
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