Re: [RFC] Patch to fix reiserfs bad path release panic on 2.6.19-rc1

[Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>]

  Hello,

> * fix reiserfs/inode.c : restart_transaction() to release the path in all cases.
> 
> The restart_transaction() doesn't release the path when the the
> journal handle has a refcount > 1. This would trigger a
> reiserfs_panic() if we encounter an -ENOSPC / -EDQUOT in
> reiserfs_get_block(). 
  Yes, your analysis seems to be correct. I've looked at places where
restart_transaction() is called and all expect path to be released.

> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K P <suzuki@in.ibm.com>
You can add:
  Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

BTW: The more appropriate audience for this patch is at
reiserfs-list@namesys.com.

								Honza

> Index: linux-2.6.19-rc1/fs/reiserfs/inode.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.19-rc1.orig/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	2006-10-12 02:13:12.000000000 -0700
> +++ linux-2.6.19-rc1/fs/reiserfs/inode.c	2006-10-13 16:38:32.000000000 -0700
> @@ -216,11 +216,12 @@
>  	BUG_ON(!th->t_trans_id);
>  	BUG_ON(!th->t_refcount);
>  
> +	pathrelse(path);
> +
>  	/* we cannot restart while nested */
>  	if (th->t_refcount > 1) {
>  		return 0;
>  	}
> -	pathrelse(path);
>  	reiserfs_update_sd(th, inode);
>  	err = journal_end(th, s, len);
>  	if (!err) {

-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SuSE CR Labs