Re: [PATCH 2/4]ext4: Remove unneeded BUG_ON() in ext4_move_extents()

[Peng Tao <bergwolf@gmail.com>]

2009/9/2 Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>:
> ext4: Remove unneeded BUG_ON() in ext4_move_extents()
>
> From: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>
>
> ext4_move_extents() checks with BUG_ON() whether
> the exchanged blocks count accords with request blocks count.
> But, if the target range (orig_start + len) includes sparse block(s),
> 'moved_len' (exchanged blocks count) does not accord with
> 'len' (request blocks count),
> since sparse block is not counted in 'moved_len'.
> Therefore we hit BUG_ON(), though it succeeded.
I can confirm the bug in my test cases too.

>
> Signed-off-by: Akira Fujita <a-fujita@rs.jp.nec.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/move_extent.c |    3 ---
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> index 60ed567..643156a 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
> @@ -1323,8 +1323,5 @@ out2:
>        if (ret)
>                return ret;
>
> -       /* All of the specified blocks must be exchanged in succeed */
> -       BUG_ON(*moved_len != len);
> -
>        return 0;
>  }
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Cheers,
Peng Tao
State Key Laboratory of Networking and Switching Technology
Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecoms.
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