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* [PATCH] ext4: Properly mark the extent uninitialized during truncate
@ 2009-06-10 12:55 Aneesh Kumar K.V
  2009-06-10 18:24 ` Theodore Tso
  2009-06-10 19:43 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V @ 2009-06-10 12:55 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cmm, tytso, sandeen; +Cc: linux-ext4, Aneesh Kumar K.V

We should make sure we don't mark the non uninit extent as
uninit during truncate

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 fs/ext4/extents.c |    8 ++++++--
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index f2a2591..764c394 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -2083,12 +2083,16 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	ex = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh);
 
 	ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
-	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
-		uninitialized = 1;
 	ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
 
 	while (ex >= EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh) &&
 			ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len > start) {
+
+		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
+			uninitialized = 1;
+		else
+			uninitialized = 0;
+
 		ext_debug("remove ext %lu:%u\n", ex_ee_block, ex_ee_len);
 		path[depth].p_ext = ex;
 
-- 
1.6.3.2.214.gf4f78


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* Re: [PATCH] ext4: Properly mark the extent uninitialized during truncate
  2009-06-10 12:55 [PATCH] ext4: Properly mark the extent uninitialized during truncate Aneesh Kumar K.V
@ 2009-06-10 18:24 ` Theodore Tso
  2009-06-10 19:43 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Theodore Tso @ 2009-06-10 18:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Aneesh Kumar K.V; +Cc: cmm, sandeen, linux-ext4

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 06:25:57PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> We should make sure we don't mark the non uninit extent as
> uninit during truncate

Good catch!  I've applied it to the ext4 patch queue.

Thanks,

					- Ted

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* Re: [PATCH] ext4: Properly mark the extent uninitialized during truncate
  2009-06-10 12:55 [PATCH] ext4: Properly mark the extent uninitialized during truncate Aneesh Kumar K.V
  2009-06-10 18:24 ` Theodore Tso
@ 2009-06-10 19:43 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V @ 2009-06-10 19:43 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: cmm, tytso, sandeen; +Cc: linux-ext4

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 06:25:57PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> We should make sure we don't mark the non uninit extent as
> uninit during truncate
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/extents.c |    8 ++++++--
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index f2a2591..764c394 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -2083,12 +2083,16 @@ ext4_ext_rm_leaf(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
>  	ex = EXT_LAST_EXTENT(eh);
> 
>  	ex_ee_block = le32_to_cpu(ex->ee_block);
> -	if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
> -		uninitialized = 1;
>  	ex_ee_len = ext4_ext_get_actual_len(ex);
> 
>  	while (ex >= EXT_FIRST_EXTENT(eh) &&
>  			ex_ee_block + ex_ee_len > start) {
> +
> +		if (ext4_ext_is_uninitialized(ex))
> +			uninitialized = 1;
> +		else
> +			uninitialized = 0;
> +
>  		ext_debug("remove ext %lu:%u\n", ex_ee_block, ex_ee_len);
>  		path[depth].p_ext = ex;
> 

BTW this fix is really important. It fix a data corruption when we write
to an fallocate space and later truncate the same file. So mostly a
stable candidate.

-aneesh

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