From: Ted Ts'o Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4_rename should dirty dir_bh with the correct directory Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:15:47 -0400 Message-ID: <20110821181547.GB19498@thunk.org> References: <20110817033544.GO20655@tux1.beaverton.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4 , linux-kernel To: "Darrick J. Wong" Return-path: Received: from li9-11.members.linode.com ([67.18.176.11]:52091 "EHLO test.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751292Ab1HUSP7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:15:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110817033544.GO20655@tux1.beaverton.ibm.com> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Aug 16, 2011 at 08:35:44PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > When ext4_rename performs a directory rename (move), dir_bh is a buffer that is > modified to update the '..' link in the directory being moved (old_inode). > However, ext4_handle_dirty_metadata is called with the old parent directory > inode (old_dir) and dir_bh, which is incorrect because dir_bh does not belong > to the parent inode. Fix this error. > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" Added to the ext4 tree, thanks. - Ted