Re: [PATCH] reiserfs: discard prealloc in reiserfs_delete_inode

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Fri Jul 11 2008 - 15:22:22 EST


On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:37:06 -0400 Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With the removal of struct file from the xattr code, reiserfs_file_release()
> isn't used anymore, so the prealloc isn't discarded. This causes hangs
> later down the line.
>
> This patch adds it to reiserfs_delete_inode. In most cases it will be
> a no-op due to it already having been called, but will avoid hangs with xattrs.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/reiserfs/inode.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> --- a/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ void reiserfs_delete_inode(struct inode
> goto out;
> reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(inode);
>
> + reiserfs_discard_prealloc(&th, inode);
> +
> err = reiserfs_delete_object(&th, inode);
>
> /* Do quota update inside a transaction for journaled quotas. We must do that

Can you please remind us when "the removal of struct file from the xattr
code" happened?

Because hangs aren't good, and 2.6.25 might want this.
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