The patch titled
ext3: fix setup_new_group_blocks locking
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
ext3-fix-setup_new_group_blocks-locking.patch
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Subject: ext3: fix setup_new_group_blocks locking
From: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]>
setup_new_group_blocks() manipulates the group descriptor block bh under
the block_bitmap bh's lock. It shouldn't matter since nobody but resize
should be touching these blocks, but it's worth fixing up.
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <[email protected]>
C: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext3/resize.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff -puN fs/ext3/resize.c~ext3-fix-setup_new_group_blocks-locking fs/ext3/resize.c
--- a/fs/ext3/resize.c~ext3-fix-setup_new_group_blocks-locking
+++ a/fs/ext3/resize.c
@@ -245,10 +245,10 @@ static int setup_new_group_blocks(struct
brelse(gdb);
goto exit_bh;
}
- lock_buffer(bh);
- memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, bh->b_size);
+ lock_buffer(gdb);
+ memcpy(gdb->b_data, sbi->s_group_desc[i]->b_data, gdb->b_size);
set_buffer_uptodate(gdb);
- unlock_buffer(bh);
+ unlock_buffer(gdb);
ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdb);
ext3_set_bit(bit, bh->b_data);
brelse(gdb);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
remove-unused-bh-in-calls-to-ext234_get_group_desc.patch
limit-minixfs-printks-on-corrupted-dir-i_size.patch
ext3-remove-ifdef-config_ext3_index.patch
ext3-lighten-up-resize-transaction-requirements.patch
ext4-remove-ifdef-config_ext4_index.patch
ext3-fix-setup_new_group_blocks-locking.patch