Re: [PATCH 08/19] ext2: check for an xattr block write error with buffer_write_io_error()
Jan Kara <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 10:40:50 +0200
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On Sat 01-08-26 18:00:52, Chao Shi wrote: > ext2_xattr_set2() spots a failed synchronous write by testing BH_Req > together with !BH_Uptodate. That relies on the write completion handler > clearing BH_Uptodate on error, which this series removes: a buffer whose > write failed still holds the data the filesystem asked to be written, so > declaring it not up to date is wrong and makes callers re-read it. > > BH_Write_EIO says exactly what this code wants to know, and it implies > BH_Req, so the pair collapses into one test. > > No behaviour change today - a failed write sets BH_Write_EIO and clears > BH_Uptodate together. It stops being a no-op at the end of the series, > where the new test is the one that still works. > > Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <[email protected]> Looks good. Feel free to add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]> Honza > --- > fs/ext2/xattr.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/fs/ext2/xattr.c b/fs/ext2/xattr.c > index be63f89402a3..39005ec23fe5 100644 > --- a/fs/ext2/xattr.c > +++ b/fs/ext2/xattr.c > @@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ ext2_xattr_set2(struct inode *inode, struct buffer_head *old_bh, > if (IS_SYNC(inode)) { > sync_dirty_buffer(new_bh); > error = -EIO; > - if (buffer_req(new_bh) && !buffer_uptodate(new_bh)) > + if (buffer_write_io_error(new_bh)) > goto cleanup; > } > } > -- > 2.43.0 > -- Jan Kara <[email protected]> SUSE Labs, CR