linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 1/5] ext4: unlock group before ext4

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Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:17:46 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Peter Staubach <staubach@...hat.com>
Cc:	cmm@...ibm.com, tytso@....edu, sandeen@...hat.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] ext4: unlock group before ext4_error

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 01:35:11PM -0500, Peter Staubach wrote:
>> diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> index 772e05b..039a5a6 100644
>> --- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> +++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
>> @@ -460,10 +460,12 @@ static void mb_free_blocks_double(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
>>  			blocknr +=
>>  			    le32_to_cpu(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es->s_first_data_block);
>>  +			ext4_unlock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group);
>>  			ext4_error(sb, __func__, "double-free of inode"
>>  				   " %lu's block %llu(bit %u in group %u)\n",
>>  				   inode ? inode->i_ino : 0, blocknr,
>>  				   first + i, e4b->bd_group);
>> +			ext4_unlock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group);
>>   
>
> This should be ext4_lock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group); shouldn't it?

Yes, I need to update at two place

diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 039a5a6..728221e 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static void mb_free_blocks_double(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
 				   " %lu's block %llu(bit %u in group %u)\n",
 				   inode ? inode->i_ino : 0, blocknr,
 				   first + i, e4b->bd_group);
-			ext4_unlock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group);
+			ext4_lock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group);
 		}
 		mb_clear_bit(first + i, e4b->bd_info->bb_bitmap);
 	}
@@ -4621,7 +4621,7 @@ ext4_mb_free_metadata(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_buddy *e4b,
 			ext4_error(sb, __func__,
 			    "Double free of blocks %d (%d %d)\n",
 			    block, entry->start_blk, entry->count);
-			ext4_unlock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group);
+			ext4_lock_group(sb, e4b->bd_group);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
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