From: Frederic Bohe Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 14:21:01 +0000 (-0500) Subject: ext4: add checksum calculation when clearing UNINIT flag in ext4_new_inode X-Git-Tag: v2.6.28-rc4~21^2 X-Git-Url: http://www.pilppa.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=23712a9c28b9f80a8cf70c8490358d5f562d2465 ext4: add checksum calculation when clearing UNINIT flag in ext4_new_inode When initializing an uninitialized block group in ext4_new_inode(), its block group checksum must be re-calculated. This fixes a race when several threads try to allocate a new inode in an UNINIT'd group. There is some question whether we need to be initializing the block bitmap in ext4_new_inode() at all, but for now, if we are going to init the block group, let's eliminate the race. Signed-off-by: Frederic Bohe Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c index fe34d74cfb1..2a117e286e5 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c @@ -718,6 +718,8 @@ got: gdp->bg_flags &= cpu_to_le16(~EXT4_BG_BLOCK_UNINIT); free = ext4_free_blocks_after_init(sb, group, gdp); gdp->bg_free_blocks_count = cpu_to_le16(free); + gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group, + gdp); } spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group));