Re: [PATCH 07/32] ext4: call journal revoke when freeing ea_inode blocks

From: Theodore Ts'o
Date: Wed Jun 21 2017 - 21:38:21 EST

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 02:21:17PM -0700, Tahsin Erdogan wrote:
> ea_inode contents are treated as metadata, that's why it is journaled
> during initial writes. Failing to call revoke during freeing could cause
> user data to be overwritten with original ea_inode contents during journal
> replay.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tahsin Erdogan <tahsin@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks, applied.

- Ted

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