[PATCH 0/2] ext3_bread usage audit due non-initialized variable

[PATCH 0/2] ext3_bread usage audit due non-initialized variable

[Carlos Maiolino]

This is a backport from ext4 to fix a possible non-initialized variable and
wrong behaviour of ext3_bread() callers caused due this.

Carlos Maiolino (2):
  ext3: fix possible non-initialized variable on
    htree_dirblock_to_tree()
  ext3: ext3_bread usage audit

 fs/ext3/namei.c | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

-- 
1.7.11.4

[PATCH 1/2] ext3: fix possible non-initialized variable on htree_dirblock_to_tree()

[Carlos Maiolino]

This is a backport of ext4 commit 90b0a9732 which fixes a possible
non-initialized variable on htree_dirblock_to_tree().
Ext3 has the same non initialized variable, but, in any case it will be
initialized by ext3_get_blocks_handle(), which will avoid the bug to be
triggered, but, the non-initialized variable by htree_dirblock_to_tree() is
still a bug.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
---
 fs/ext3/namei.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 8f4fdda..7f6c938 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
 {
 	struct buffer_head *bh;
 	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de, *top;
-	int err, count = 0;
+	int err = 0, count = 0;
 
 	dxtrace(printk("In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %d\n", block));
 	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
-- 
1.7.11.4

[PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit

[Carlos Maiolino]

This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
value.

Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
fix in an uninitialized error variable.

The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
the hole in the directory inode.

This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers

Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
dx_show_entries)

Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
---
 fs/ext3/namei.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 7f6c938..8e56c2cc 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_append(handle_t *handle,
 			bh = NULL;
 		}
 	}
+	if (!bh && !(*err)) {
+		*err = -EIO;
+		ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+			   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
+	}
 	return bh;
 }
 
@@ -339,8 +344,11 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
 	u32 hash;
 
 	frame->bh = NULL;
-	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err)))
+	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err))) {
+		if (!(*err))
+			*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
 		goto fail;
+	}
 	root = (struct dx_root *) bh->b_data;
 	if (root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_TEA &&
 	    root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_HALF_MD4 &&
@@ -436,8 +444,11 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
 		frame->entries = entries;
 		frame->at = at;
 		if (!indirect--) return frame;
-		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err)))
+		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err))) {
+			if (!(*err))
+				*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
 			goto fail2;
+		}
 		at = entries = ((struct dx_node *) bh->b_data)->entries;
 		if (dx_get_limit(entries) != dx_node_limit (dir)) {
 			ext3_warning(dir->i_sb, __func__,
@@ -536,8 +547,15 @@ static int ext3_htree_next_block(struct inode *dir, __u32 hash,
 	 */
 	while (num_frames--) {
 		if (!(bh = ext3_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
-				      0, &err)))
+				      0, &err))) {
+			if (!err) {
+				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+					   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+					   dir->i_ino);
+				return -EIO;
+			}
 			return err; /* Failure */
+		}
 		p++;
 		brelse (p->bh);
 		p->bh = bh;
@@ -562,8 +580,15 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
 	int err = 0, count = 0;
 
 	dxtrace(printk("In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %d\n", block));
-	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
+	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err))) {
+		if (!err) {
+			ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+				   dir->i_ino);
+			return -EIO;
+		}
 		return err;
+	}
 
 	de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
 	top = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) ((char *) de +
@@ -976,8 +1001,15 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 		return NULL;
 	do {
 		block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
-		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err)))
+		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err))) {
+			if (!(*err)) {
+				*err = -EIO;
+				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+					   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+					   dir->i_ino);
+			}
 			goto errout;
+		}
 
 		retval = search_dirblock(bh, dir, entry,
 					 block << EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb),
@@ -1458,9 +1490,15 @@ static int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 	blocks = dir->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 	for (block = 0; block < blocks; block++) {
-		bh = ext3_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval);
-		if(!bh)
+		if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval))) {
+			if (!retval) {
+				retval = -EIO;
+				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+					   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+					   dir->i_ino);
+			}
 			return retval;
+		}
 		retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, NULL, bh);
 		if (retval != -ENOSPC)
 			return retval;
@@ -1500,8 +1538,15 @@ static int ext3_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	entries = frame->entries;
 	at = frame->at;
 
-	if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
+	if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err))) {
+		if (!err) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
+				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+				   dir->i_ino);
+		}
 		goto cleanup;
+	}
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
@@ -1791,8 +1836,15 @@ retry:
 	inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
 	inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
-	if (!dir_block)
+	if (!dir_block) {
+		if (!err) {
+			err = -EIO;
+			ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+				   inode->i_ino);
+			}
 		goto out_clear_inode;
+	}
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
 	err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
@@ -1898,6 +1950,11 @@ static int empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
 						   "error %d reading directory"
 						   " #%lu offset %lu",
 						   err, inode->i_ino, offset);
+				else
+					ext3_warning(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+						     "bad directory (dir #%lu) - no data block",
+						     inode->i_ino);
+
 				offset += sb->s_blocksize;
 				continue;
 			}
-- 
1.7.11.4

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 01-10-12 16:50:55, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> value.
> 
> Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> 
> The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> the hole in the directory inode.
> 
> This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> 
> Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> dx_show_entries)
  Umm, can you wrap the check for hole + error message in a helper function
like ext3_dir_bread() please? That would save us quite some dupplication..
Thanks!

								Honza

> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext3/namei.c | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
> index 7f6c938..8e56c2cc 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
> @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_append(handle_t *handle,
>  			bh = NULL;
>  		}
>  	}
> +	if (!bh && !(*err)) {
> +		*err = -EIO;
> +		ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
> +			   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n", inode->i_ino);
> +	}
>  	return bh;
>  }
>  
> @@ -339,8 +344,11 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
>  	u32 hash;
>  
>  	frame->bh = NULL;
> -	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err)))
> +	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err))) {
> +		if (!(*err))
> +			*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
>  		goto fail;
> +	}
>  	root = (struct dx_root *) bh->b_data;
>  	if (root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_TEA &&
>  	    root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_HALF_MD4 &&
> @@ -436,8 +444,11 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
>  		frame->entries = entries;
>  		frame->at = at;
>  		if (!indirect--) return frame;
> -		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err)))
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err))) {
> +			if (!(*err))
> +				*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
>  			goto fail2;
> +		}
>  		at = entries = ((struct dx_node *) bh->b_data)->entries;
>  		if (dx_get_limit(entries) != dx_node_limit (dir)) {
>  			ext3_warning(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> @@ -536,8 +547,15 @@ static int ext3_htree_next_block(struct inode *dir, __u32 hash,
>  	 */
>  	while (num_frames--) {
>  		if (!(bh = ext3_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
> -				      0, &err)))
> +				      0, &err))) {
> +			if (!err) {
> +				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> +					   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +					   dir->i_ino);
> +				return -EIO;
> +			}
>  			return err; /* Failure */
> +		}
>  		p++;
>  		brelse (p->bh);
>  		p->bh = bh;
> @@ -562,8 +580,15 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
>  	int err = 0, count = 0;
>  
>  	dxtrace(printk("In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %d\n", block));
> -	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
> +	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err))) {
> +		if (!err) {
> +			ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> +				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +				   dir->i_ino);
> +			return -EIO;
> +		}
>  		return err;
> +	}
>  
>  	de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
>  	top = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) ((char *) de +
> @@ -976,8 +1001,15 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
>  		return NULL;
>  	do {
>  		block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
> -		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err)))
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err))) {
> +			if (!(*err)) {
> +				*err = -EIO;
> +				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> +					   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +					   dir->i_ino);
> +			}
>  			goto errout;
> +		}
>  
>  		retval = search_dirblock(bh, dir, entry,
>  					 block << EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb),
> @@ -1458,9 +1490,15 @@ static int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
>  	}
>  	blocks = dir->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
>  	for (block = 0; block < blocks; block++) {
> -		bh = ext3_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval);
> -		if(!bh)
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval))) {
> +			if (!retval) {
> +				retval = -EIO;
> +				ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> +					   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +					   dir->i_ino);
> +			}
>  			return retval;
> +		}
>  		retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, NULL, bh);
>  		if (retval != -ENOSPC)
>  			return retval;
> @@ -1500,8 +1538,15 @@ static int ext3_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
>  	entries = frame->entries;
>  	at = frame->at;
>  
> -	if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
> +	if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err))) {
> +		if (!err) {
> +			err = -EIO;
> +			ext3_error(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> +				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +				   dir->i_ino);
> +		}
>  		goto cleanup;
> +	}
>  
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
>  	err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
> @@ -1791,8 +1836,15 @@ retry:
>  	inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
>  	inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
>  	dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
> -	if (!dir_block)
> +	if (!dir_block) {
> +		if (!err) {
> +			err = -EIO;
> +			ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
> +				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +				   inode->i_ino);
> +			}
>  		goto out_clear_inode;
> +	}
>  
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
>  	err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, dir_block);
> @@ -1898,6 +1950,11 @@ static int empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
>  						   "error %d reading directory"
>  						   " #%lu offset %lu",
>  						   err, inode->i_ino, offset);
> +				else
> +					ext3_warning(inode->i_sb, __func__,
> +						     "bad directory (dir #%lu) - no data block",
> +						     inode->i_ino);
> +
>  				offset += sb->s_blocksize;
>  				continue;
>  			}
> -- 
> 1.7.11.4
> 
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Re: [PATCH 1/2] ext3: fix possible non-initialized variable on htree_dirblock_to_tree()

[Jan Kara]

On Mon 01-10-12 16:50:54, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> This is a backport of ext4 commit 90b0a9732 which fixes a possible
> non-initialized variable on htree_dirblock_to_tree().
> Ext3 has the same non initialized variable, but, in any case it will be
> initialized by ext3_get_blocks_handle(), which will avoid the bug to be
> triggered, but, the non-initialized variable by htree_dirblock_to_tree() is
> still a bug.
  This is a good cleanup. I've taken that into my tree.

								Honza

> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext3/namei.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
> index 8f4fdda..7f6c938 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
> @@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
>  {
>  	struct buffer_head *bh;
>  	struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *de, *top;
> -	int err, count = 0;
> +	int err = 0, count = 0;
>  
>  	dxtrace(printk("In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %d\n", block));
>  	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
> -- 
> 1.7.11.4
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Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit

[Carlos Maiolino]

Hi Jan
On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 03:55:13PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 01-10-12 16:50:55, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > value.
> > 
> > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > 
> > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > the hole in the directory inode.
> > 
> > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > 
> > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > dx_show_entries)
>   Umm, can you wrap the check for hole + error message in a helper function
> like ext3_dir_bread() please? That would save us quite some dupplication..
> Thanks!
>
I thought about a kind of handler too, but haven't done something like that by
Ted's suggestion. Please see thread
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=134827512716575&w=2

But I can work on a kind of wrapper for ext3 if this is ok for you and send a V2
version of this patch.

Cheers,
Carlos  

-- 
--Carlos

[PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Carlos Maiolino]

This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
value.

Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
fix in an uninitialized error variable.

The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
the hole in the directory inode.

This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers

Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
dx_show_entries)

V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.

Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
---
 fs/ext3/namei.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
 fs/ext3/namei.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
index 7f6c938..0eecf4d 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_append(handle_t *handle,
 
 	*block = inode->i_size >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 
-	bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, *block, 1, err);
-	if (bh) {
+	if ((bh = ext3_dir_bread(handle, inode, *block, 1, err))) {
 		inode->i_size += inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 		EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
 		*err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
@@ -339,8 +338,10 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
 	u32 hash;
 
 	frame->bh = NULL;
-	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err)))
+	if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, 0, 0, err))) {
+		*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
 		goto fail;
+	}
 	root = (struct dx_root *) bh->b_data;
 	if (root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_TEA &&
 	    root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_HALF_MD4 &&
@@ -436,8 +437,10 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
 		frame->entries = entries;
 		frame->at = at;
 		if (!indirect--) return frame;
-		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err)))
+		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err))) {
+			*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
 			goto fail2;
+		}
 		at = entries = ((struct dx_node *) bh->b_data)->entries;
 		if (dx_get_limit(entries) != dx_node_limit (dir)) {
 			ext3_warning(dir->i_sb, __func__,
@@ -535,8 +538,8 @@ static int ext3_htree_next_block(struct inode *dir, __u32 hash,
 	 * block so no check is necessary
 	 */
 	while (num_frames--) {
-		if (!(bh = ext3_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
-				      0, &err)))
+		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
+					  0, &err)))
 			return err; /* Failure */
 		p++;
 		brelse (p->bh);
@@ -562,7 +565,8 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
 	int err = 0, count = 0;
 
 	dxtrace(printk("In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %d\n", block));
-	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
+
+	if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
 		return err;
 
 	de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
@@ -976,7 +980,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
 		return NULL;
 	do {
 		block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
-		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err)))
+		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, err)))
 			goto errout;
 
 		retval = search_dirblock(bh, dir, entry,
@@ -1458,9 +1462,9 @@ static int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 	blocks = dir->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
 	for (block = 0; block < blocks; block++) {
-		bh = ext3_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval);
-		if(!bh)
+		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval)))
 			return retval;
+
 		retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, NULL, bh);
 		if (retval != -ENOSPC)
 			return retval;
@@ -1500,7 +1504,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
 	entries = frame->entries;
 	at = frame->at;
 
-	if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
+	if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(handle, dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
@@ -1790,8 +1794,7 @@ retry:
 	inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
 	inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
 	inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
-	dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
-	if (!dir_block)
+	if (!(dir_block = ext3_dir_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err)))
 		goto out_clear_inode;
 
 	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
@@ -1859,7 +1862,7 @@ static int empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
 
 	sb = inode->i_sb;
 	if (inode->i_size < EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(1) + EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(2) ||
-	    !(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, inode, 0, 0, &err))) {
+	    !(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, inode, 0, 0, &err))) {
 		if (err)
 			ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
 				   "error %d reading directory #%lu offset 0",
@@ -1890,9 +1893,8 @@ static int empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
 			(void *) de >= (void *) (bh->b_data+sb->s_blocksize)) {
 			err = 0;
 			brelse (bh);
-			bh = ext3_bread (NULL, inode,
-				offset >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb), 0, &err);
-			if (!bh) {
+			if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread (NULL, inode,
+				offset >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb), 0, &err))) {
 				if (err)
 					ext3_error(sb, __func__,
 						   "error %d reading directory"
diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.h b/fs/ext3/namei.h
index f2ce2b0..46304d8 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/namei.h
+++ b/fs/ext3/namei.h
@@ -6,3 +6,22 @@
 */
 
 extern struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child);
+
+static inline struct buffer_head *ext3_dir_bread(handle_t *handle,
+						 struct inode *inode,
+						 int block, int create,
+						 int *err)
+{
+	struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+	bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, block, create, err);
+
+	if (!bh && !(*err)) {
+		*err = -EIO;
+		ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
+			   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
+			   inode->i_ino);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return bh;
+}
-- 
1.7.11.4

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit

[Jan Kara]

On Tue 02-10-12 11:27:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> Hi Jan
> On Tue, Oct 02, 2012 at 03:55:13PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Mon 01-10-12 16:50:55, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > > value.
> > > 
> > > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > > 
> > > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > > the hole in the directory inode.
> > > 
> > > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > > 
> > > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > > dx_show_entries)
> >   Umm, can you wrap the check for hole + error message in a helper function
> > like ext3_dir_bread() please? That would save us quite some dupplication..
> > Thanks!
> >
  Please use reply-to-all when replying next time. It makes me see the
email much faster and reply cannot get lost in mailing list traffic...

> I thought about a kind of handler too, but haven't done something like that by
> Ted's suggestion. Please see thread
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=134827512716575&w=2
> 
> But I can work on a kind of wrapper for ext3 if this is ok for you and send a V2
> version of this patch.
  I see. Still I'd rather have the helper function. So please send V2.
Thanks.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Jan Kara]

On Tue 02-10-12 23:59:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> value.
> 
> Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> 
> The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> the hole in the directory inode.
> 
> This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> 
> Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> dx_show_entries)
> 
> V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
> when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
> directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
  Oh, I see you already sent V2. Thanks. I've put the patch to my tree.

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext3/namei.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  fs/ext3/namei.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.c b/fs/ext3/namei.c
> index 7f6c938..0eecf4d 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/namei.c
> +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.c
> @@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ static struct buffer_head *ext3_append(handle_t *handle,
>  
>  	*block = inode->i_size >> inode->i_sb->s_blocksize_bits;
>  
> -	bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, *block, 1, err);
> -	if (bh) {
> +	if ((bh = ext3_dir_bread(handle, inode, *block, 1, err))) {
>  		inode->i_size += inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
>  		EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
>  		*err = ext3_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
> @@ -339,8 +338,10 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
>  	u32 hash;
>  
>  	frame->bh = NULL;
> -	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, 0, 0, err)))
> +	if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, 0, 0, err))) {
> +		*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
>  		goto fail;
> +	}
>  	root = (struct dx_root *) bh->b_data;
>  	if (root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_TEA &&
>  	    root->info.hash_version != DX_HASH_HALF_MD4 &&
> @@ -436,8 +437,10 @@ dx_probe(struct qstr *entry, struct inode *dir,
>  		frame->entries = entries;
>  		frame->at = at;
>  		if (!indirect--) return frame;
> -		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err)))
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(at), 0, err))) {
> +			*err = ERR_BAD_DX_DIR;
>  			goto fail2;
> +		}
>  		at = entries = ((struct dx_node *) bh->b_data)->entries;
>  		if (dx_get_limit(entries) != dx_node_limit (dir)) {
>  			ext3_warning(dir->i_sb, __func__,
> @@ -535,8 +538,8 @@ static int ext3_htree_next_block(struct inode *dir, __u32 hash,
>  	 * block so no check is necessary
>  	 */
>  	while (num_frames--) {
> -		if (!(bh = ext3_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
> -				      0, &err)))
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, dx_get_block(p->at),
> +					  0, &err)))
>  			return err; /* Failure */
>  		p++;
>  		brelse (p->bh);
> @@ -562,7 +565,8 @@ static int htree_dirblock_to_tree(struct file *dir_file,
>  	int err = 0, count = 0;
>  
>  	dxtrace(printk("In htree dirblock_to_tree: block %d\n", block));
> -	if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
> +
> +	if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, dir, block, 0, &err)))
>  		return err;
>  
>  	de = (struct ext3_dir_entry_2 *) bh->b_data;
> @@ -976,7 +980,7 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext3_dx_find_entry(struct inode *dir,
>  		return NULL;
>  	do {
>  		block = dx_get_block(frame->at);
> -		if (!(bh = ext3_bread (NULL,dir, block, 0, err)))
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread (NULL, dir, block, 0, err)))
>  			goto errout;
>  
>  		retval = search_dirblock(bh, dir, entry,
> @@ -1458,9 +1462,9 @@ static int ext3_add_entry (handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
>  	}
>  	blocks = dir->i_size >> sb->s_blocksize_bits;
>  	for (block = 0; block < blocks; block++) {
> -		bh = ext3_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval);
> -		if(!bh)
> +		if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(handle, dir, block, 0, &retval)))
>  			return retval;
> +
>  		retval = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, NULL, bh);
>  		if (retval != -ENOSPC)
>  			return retval;
> @@ -1500,7 +1504,7 @@ static int ext3_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
>  	entries = frame->entries;
>  	at = frame->at;
>  
> -	if (!(bh = ext3_bread(handle,dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
> +	if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread(handle, dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err)))
>  		goto cleanup;
>  
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
> @@ -1790,8 +1794,7 @@ retry:
>  	inode->i_op = &ext3_dir_inode_operations;
>  	inode->i_fop = &ext3_dir_operations;
>  	inode->i_size = EXT3_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
> -	dir_block = ext3_bread (handle, inode, 0, 1, &err);
> -	if (!dir_block)
> +	if (!(dir_block = ext3_dir_bread(handle, inode, 0, 1, &err)))
>  		goto out_clear_inode;
>  
>  	BUFFER_TRACE(dir_block, "get_write_access");
> @@ -1859,7 +1862,7 @@ static int empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
>  
>  	sb = inode->i_sb;
>  	if (inode->i_size < EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(1) + EXT3_DIR_REC_LEN(2) ||
> -	    !(bh = ext3_bread (NULL, inode, 0, 0, &err))) {
> +	    !(bh = ext3_dir_bread(NULL, inode, 0, 0, &err))) {
>  		if (err)
>  			ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
>  				   "error %d reading directory #%lu offset 0",
> @@ -1890,9 +1893,8 @@ static int empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
>  			(void *) de >= (void *) (bh->b_data+sb->s_blocksize)) {
>  			err = 0;
>  			brelse (bh);
> -			bh = ext3_bread (NULL, inode,
> -				offset >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb), 0, &err);
> -			if (!bh) {
> +			if (!(bh = ext3_dir_bread (NULL, inode,
> +				offset >> EXT3_BLOCK_SIZE_BITS(sb), 0, &err))) {
>  				if (err)
>  					ext3_error(sb, __func__,
>  						   "error %d reading directory"
> diff --git a/fs/ext3/namei.h b/fs/ext3/namei.h
> index f2ce2b0..46304d8 100644
> --- a/fs/ext3/namei.h
> +++ b/fs/ext3/namei.h
> @@ -6,3 +6,22 @@
>  */
>  
>  extern struct dentry *ext3_get_parent(struct dentry *child);
> +
> +static inline struct buffer_head *ext3_dir_bread(handle_t *handle,
> +						 struct inode *inode,
> +						 int block, int create,
> +						 int *err)
> +{
> +	struct buffer_head *bh;
> +
> +	bh = ext3_bread(handle, inode, block, create, err);
> +
> +	if (!bh && !(*err)) {
> +		*err = -EIO;
> +		ext3_error(inode->i_sb, __func__,
> +			   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
> +			   inode->i_ino);
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +	return bh;
> +}
> -- 
> 1.7.11.4
> 
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SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Jan Kara]

On Thu 04-10-12 14:42:12, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Tue 02-10-12 23:59:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > value.
> > 
> > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > 
> > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > the hole in the directory inode.
> > 
> > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > 
> > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > dx_show_entries)
> > 
> > V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
> > when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
> > directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
>   Oh, I see you already sent V2. Thanks. I've put the patch to my tree.
  Umm, after checking - any reason why you didn't convert also ext3_bread()
in dir.c and ext3_bread() in ext3_rename()?

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Carlos Maiolino]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 03:02:44PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 04-10-12 14:42:12, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Tue 02-10-12 23:59:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > > value.
> > > 
> > > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > > 
> > > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > > the hole in the directory inode.
> > > 
> > > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > > 
> > > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > > dx_show_entries)
> > > 
> > > V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
> > > when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
> > > directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> >   Oh, I see you already sent V2. Thanks. I've put the patch to my tree.
>   Umm, after checking - any reason why you didn't convert also ext3_bread()
> in dir.c and ext3_bread() in ext3_rename()?
> 
I didn't convert some calls for ext3_bread() - like ext3_readdir() - because
those really don't care about the err value, only about if bh is valid or not. I
can change this if you want, not a problem from my point.

-- 
--Carlos

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Jan Kara]

On Thu 04-10-12 10:57:46, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 03:02:44PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Thu 04-10-12 14:42:12, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > On Tue 02-10-12 23:59:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > > > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > > > value.
> > > > 
> > > > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > > > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > > > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > > > 
> > > > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > > > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > > > the hole in the directory inode.
> > > > 
> > > > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > > > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > > > 
> > > > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > > > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > > > dx_show_entries)
> > > > 
> > > > V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
> > > > when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
> > > > directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> > >   Oh, I see you already sent V2. Thanks. I've put the patch to my tree.
> >   Umm, after checking - any reason why you didn't convert also ext3_bread()
> > in dir.c and ext3_bread() in ext3_rename()?
> > 
> I didn't convert some calls for ext3_bread() - like ext3_readdir() -
> because those really don't care about the err value, only about if bh is
> valid or not. I can change this if you want, not a problem from my point.
  Right. I've converted the call in ext3_rename() because there it seems
useful. In ext3_readdir() calling ext3_bread() is better because we want
to be able to read the faulty directory.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Carlos Maiolino]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 04:29:00PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Thu 04-10-12 10:57:46, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 03:02:44PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > On Thu 04-10-12 14:42:12, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > > On Tue 02-10-12 23:59:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > > > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > > > > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > > > > value.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > > > > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > > > > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > > > > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > > > > the hole in the directory inode.
> > > > > 
> > > > > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > > > > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > > > > 
> > > > > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > > > > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > > > > dx_show_entries)
> > > > > 
> > > > > V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
> > > > > when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
> > > > > directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> > > >   Oh, I see you already sent V2. Thanks. I've put the patch to my tree.
> > >   Umm, after checking - any reason why you didn't convert also ext3_bread()
> > > in dir.c and ext3_bread() in ext3_rename()?
> > > 
> > I didn't convert some calls for ext3_bread() - like ext3_readdir() -
> > because those really don't care about the err value, only about if bh is
> > valid or not. I can change this if you want, not a problem from my point.
>   Right. I've converted the call in ext3_rename() because there it seems
> useful. In ext3_readdir() calling ext3_bread() is better because we want
> to be able to read the faulty directory.

K, so I don't need to send a V3?

cheers
-- 
--Carlos

Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext3: ext3_bread usage audit [V2]

[Jan Kara]

On Thu 04-10-12 14:47:43, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 04:29:00PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > On Thu 04-10-12 10:57:46, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 03:02:44PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > > On Thu 04-10-12 14:42:12, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > > > On Tue 02-10-12 23:59:23, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> > > > > > This is the ext3 version of the same patch applied to Ext4, where such goal is
> > > > > > to audit the usage of ext3_bread() due a possible misinterpretion of its return
> > > > > > value.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Focused on directory blocks, a NULL value returned from ext3_bread() means a
> > > > > > hole, which cannot exist into a directory inode. It can pass undetected after a
> > > > > > fix in an uninitialized error variable.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > The (now) initialized variable into ext3_getblk() may lead to a zero'ed return
> > > > > > value of ext3_bread() to its callers, which can make the caller do not detect
> > > > > > the hole in the directory inode.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > This checks for directory holes when buffer_head and error value are both
> > > > > > zero'ed returning -EIO to their callers
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Some ext3_bread() callers do not needed any changes either because they already
> > > > > > had its own hole detector paths or because these are deprecaded (like
> > > > > > dx_show_entries)
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > V2: It adds a wrapper function ext3_dir_bread() to check for directory holes
> > > > > > when reading blocks for a directory inode, and callers of ext3_bread() to read
> > > > > > directory blocks were replaced by this wrapper.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> > > > >   Oh, I see you already sent V2. Thanks. I've put the patch to my tree.
> > > >   Umm, after checking - any reason why you didn't convert also ext3_bread()
> > > > in dir.c and ext3_bread() in ext3_rename()?
> > > > 
> > > I didn't convert some calls for ext3_bread() - like ext3_readdir() -
> > > because those really don't care about the err value, only about if bh is
> > > valid or not. I can change this if you want, not a problem from my point.
> >   Right. I've converted the call in ext3_rename() because there it seems
> > useful. In ext3_readdir() calling ext3_bread() is better because we want
> > to be able to read the faulty directory.
> 
> K, so I don't need to send a V3?
  No. And please use reply-to-all! ;)

									Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR