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From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>,
	 Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>,
	 Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>,  Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>,
	 Yemu Lu <prcups@krgm.moe>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] fat: restore original value when fat_ent_write failed
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:20:41 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87pl28i1qe.fsf@mail.parknet.co.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260525085649.781643-1-n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>

Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn> writes:

> From: Yemu Lu <prcups@krgm.moe>
>
> fat_ent_write() may have committed the new link to the primary FAT
> but then failed on the mirror copy, leaving the chain pointing to
> new_dclus even though the caller will free it. Restore the original
> value to keep the chain consistent.
>
> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Reported-by: Yuan Tan <yuantan098@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Yifan Wu <yifanwucs@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Juefei Pu <tomapufckgml@gmail.com>
> Reported-by: Xin Liu <bird@lzu.edu.cn>
> Signed-off-by: Yemu Lu <prcups@krgm.moe>
> Signed-off-by: Ren Wei <n05ec@lzu.edu.cn>

Acked-by: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

> ---
>  fs/fat/misc.c | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fat/misc.c b/fs/fat/misc.c
> index 3027ef53af21..710e2e6aa1a5 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/misc.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/misc.c
> @@ -133,7 +133,11 @@ int fat_chain_add(struct inode *inode, int new_dclus, int nr_cluster)
>  		ret = fat_ent_read(inode, &fatent, last);
>  		if (ret >= 0) {
>  			int wait = inode_needs_sync(inode);
> +			int old = ret;
> +
>  			ret = fat_ent_write(inode, &fatent, new_dclus, wait);
> +			if (ret < 0)
> +				fat_ent_write(inode, &fatent, old, wait);
>  			fatent_brelse(&fatent);
>  		}
>  		if (ret < 0)

-- 
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-03  6:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-25  8:56 [PATCH 1/1] fat: restore original value when fat_ent_write failed Ren Wei
2026-06-03  6:20 ` OGAWA Hirofumi [this message]
2026-06-28 20:27 ` Andrew Morton

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