Re: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: Fix data / filesystem corruption when writefails to copy data

[tytso]

On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 08:16:48PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> When ext4_write_begin fails after allocating some blocks or
> generic_perform_write fails to copy data to write, we truncate blocks already
> instantiated beyond i_size. Although these blocks were never inside i_size, we
> have to truncate pagecache of these blocks so that corresponding buffers get
> unmapped. Otherwise subsequent __block_prepare_write (called because we are
> retrying the write) will find the buffers mapped, not call ->get_block, and
> thus the page will be backed by already freed blocks leading to filesystem and
> data corruption.

Added to the ext4 patch queue.

						- Ted
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