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From: David Sterba <dave@jikos.cz>
To: Jan Schmidt <list.btrfs@jan-o-sch.net>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@suse.com>,
	linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] Btrfs: double unlock bug in error handling
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:58:42 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120418115842.GI20982@twin.jikos.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F8EA5AA.2080202@jan-o-sch.net>

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 01:29:46PM +0200, Jan Schmidt wrote:
> I think the correct way to fix this is:
> 
> diff --git a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> index a844204..9af261a 100644
> --- a/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> +++ b/fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c
> @@ -2450,7 +2450,6 @@ again:
> 
>                 ret = run_clustered_refs(trans, root, &cluster);
>                 if (ret < 0) {
> -                       spin_unlock(&delayed_refs->lock);
>                         btrfs_abort_transaction(trans, root, ret);
>                         return ret;
>                 }

That's another way to fix it, but I'd rather see the lock/unlock
balanced within a function, and in this case the extra lock does not
hurt as it's a rare codepath.


david

  reply	other threads:[~2012-04-18 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-04-18  6:59 [patch 1/2] Btrfs: double unlock bug in error handling Dan Carpenter
2012-04-18 10:14 ` David Sterba
2012-04-18 11:29 ` Jan Schmidt
2012-04-18 11:58   ` David Sterba [this message]
2012-04-18 12:06   ` Dan Carpenter

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