Re: [PATCH] fs/block_dev.c: return the right error in thaw_bdev()

From: Jan Kara
Date: Tue Oct 04 2016 - 05:06:42 EST


On Tue 04-10-16 10:53:40, Pierre Morel wrote:
> When triggering thaw-filesystems via magic sysrq, the system enters a
> loop in do_thaw_one(), as thaw_bdev() still returns success if
> bd_fsfreeze_count == 0. To fix this, let thaw_bdev() always return
> error (and simplify the code a bit at the same time).
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Farman <farman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Jens, can you please merge this patch? Thanks!

Honza

> ---
> fs/block_dev.c | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
> index 08ae993..0e7a8f4 100644
> --- a/fs/block_dev.c
> +++ b/fs/block_dev.c
> @@ -302,14 +302,11 @@ int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
> error = sb->s_op->thaw_super(sb);
> else
> error = thaw_super(sb);
> - if (error) {
> + if (error)
> bdev->bd_fsfreeze_count++;
> - mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
> - return error;
> - }
> out:
> mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_fsfreeze_mutex);
> - return 0;
> + return error;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(thaw_bdev);
>
> --
> 2.5.0
>
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