Re: [PATCH] avoid semi-infinite loop when mounting bad ext2

[Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004, Andries Brouwer wrote:
> 
> [no doubt a similar patch is appropriate for ext3]

ext3 is different here, and uses the old-style buffer cache rather than
page cache. It has the equivalent case for a hole and/or IO error, and 
like ext2, it just continues with the next block.

I _think_ that case should be updated to do the same thing you did for 
ext2, but I'll leave it up to Andrew, since he is the ext3 master anyway.

Andrew?

		Linus

> diff -uprN -X /linux/dontdiff a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
> --- a/fs/ext2/dir.c	2004-10-30 21:44:02.000000000 +0200
> +++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c	2004-11-04 00:14:14.000000000 +0100
> @@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ ext2_readdir (struct file * filp, void *
>  				   "bad page in #%lu",
>  				   inode->i_ino);
>  			filp->f_pos += PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
> -			continue;
> +			ret = -EIO;
> +			goto done;
>  		}
>  		kaddr = page_address(page);
>  		if (need_revalidate) {
>