2008-02-18 10:17:37

by Andrew Morton

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Subject: + ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value.patch added to -mm tree


The patch titled
ext2: improve ext2_readdir() return value
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value.patch

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Subject: ext2: improve ext2_readdir() return value
From: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]>

Improve ext2_readdir() return value for ext2_get_page() failure by using the
actual result of ext2_get_page().

Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---

fs/ext2/dir.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value fs/ext2/dir.c
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c~ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value
+++ a/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void *
"bad page in #%lu",
inode->i_ino);
filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
- return -EIO;
+ return PTR_ERR(page);
}
kaddr = page_address(page);
if (unlikely(need_revalidate)) {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are

git-dvb.patch
ext2-improve-ext2_readdir-return-value.patch
ext2-use-ext2_group_first_block_no.patch
ext2-use-ext2_fsblk_t-type.patch
ext3-use-ext3_group_first_block_no.patch
ext3-add-missing-ext3_journal_stop.patch
ext3-use-ext3_get_group_desc.patch
ext3-check-ext3_journal_get_write_access-errors.patch
ext4-use-ext4_group_first_block_no.patch
ext4-add-missing-ext4_journal_stop.patch
ext4-use-ext4_get_group_desc.patch
ext4-check-ext4_journal_get_write_access-errors.patch