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* [PATCH 0/4] ext3/jbd: possible filesystem corruption fixes (take 3)
@ 2008-07-24 12:34 Hidehiro Kawai
  2008-07-24 12:37 ` [PATCH 1/4] jbd: abort when failed to log metadata buffers Hidehiro Kawai
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From: Hidehiro Kawai @ 2008-07-24 12:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: akpm, sct
  Cc: linux-kernel, linux-ext4, jack, jbacik, cmm, tytso, adilger,
	snitzer, tglx, yumiko.sugita.yf, satoshi.oshima.fk

This patch set is the take 3 of fixing error handling problem in
ext3/JBD.  The previous discussion can be found here:
http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/6/2/2002094

Problem
=======
Currently some error checkings are missing, so the journal cannot abort
correctly.  This can cause a filesystem corruption.  Missing error
checkings are:

(1) error check for the metadata writes to the journal before the
    commit (addressed by PATCH 1/4)
(2) error check for checkpointing and replay (addressed by PATCH 2/4
    and 3/4)

PATCH 2/4 makes another problem worse; replaying old journaled
metadata can overwrite the latest metadata on the filesystem and
break its consistency.  This is fixed by PATCH 4/4.


Changes since Take 2
====================
[PATCH x/x]
o file data error handling fixes were separated to other patch set

[PATCH 3/4]
o fix return value handlings (trivial)

[PATCH 4/4]
o newly added to prevent unjournaled metadata buffers from being
  written to the filesystem on abort

Regards,
-- 
Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Systems Development Laboratory
Linux Technology Center



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2008-07-24 12:34 [PATCH 0/4] ext3/jbd: possible filesystem corruption fixes (take 3) Hidehiro Kawai
2008-07-24 12:37 ` [PATCH 1/4] jbd: abort when failed to log metadata buffers Hidehiro Kawai
2008-09-11 17:41   ` Eric Sandeen
2008-09-11 18:32     ` Eric Sandeen
2008-07-24 12:38 ` [PATCH 2/4] jbd: fix error handling for checkpoint io Hidehiro Kawai
2008-07-24 12:40 ` [PATCH 3/4] ext3: abort ext3 if the journal has aborted Hidehiro Kawai
2008-07-28  6:26   ` Hidehiro Kawai
2008-07-24 12:41 ` [PATCH 4/4] jbd: don't dirty original metadata buffer on abort Hidehiro Kawai

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