[v2.6.34-stable 175/213] ext4: online defrag is not supported for journaled files

From: Paul Gortmaker
Date: Wed Feb 05 2014 - 15:22:34 EST


From: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>

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This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git
If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment.
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commit f066055a3449f0e5b0ae4f3ceab4445bead47638 upstream.

Proper block swap for inodes with full journaling enabled is
truly non obvious task. In order to be on a safe side let's
explicitly disable it for now.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/move_extent.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
index deff4a5085e8..6764168776bf 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/move_extent.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,12 @@ ext4_move_extents(struct file *o_filp, struct file *d_filp,
orig_inode->i_ino, donor_inode->i_ino);
return -EINVAL;
}
-
+ /* TODO: This is non obvious task to swap blocks for inodes with full
+ jornaling enabled */
+ if (ext4_should_journal_data(orig_inode) ||
+ ext4_should_journal_data(donor_inode)) {
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
/* Protect orig and donor inodes against a truncate */
ret1 = mext_inode_double_lock(orig_inode, donor_inode);
if (ret1 < 0)
--
1.8.5.2

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