[PATCH] ext4: direct return when jinode allocate failed in ext4_inode_attach_jinode

From: liusong
Date: Sun Oct 14 2018 - 12:06:03 EST


From: Liu Song <liu.song11@xxxxxxxxxx>

Allocating memory for jinode do not need protected by *i_lock*.
Should return directly if memory allocation fails without holding
a spinlock.

Signed-off-by: Liu Song <liu.song11@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 7 +++----
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index d0dd585add6a..341d84521d11 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4382,12 +4382,11 @@ int ext4_inode_attach_jinode(struct inode *inode)
return 0;

jinode = jbd2_alloc_inode(GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!jinode)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (!ei->jinode) {
- if (!jinode) {
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
ei->jinode = jinode;
jbd2_journal_init_jbd_inode(ei->jinode, inode);
jinode = NULL;
--
2.17.1