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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/xfs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c index 37e7c33f6283..f6629960e17b 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c @@ -289,6 +289,23 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify_entry( return NULL; } +/* + * Validate an attribute leaf block. + * + * Empty leaf blocks can occur under the following circumstances: + * + * 1. setxattr adds a new extended attribute to a file; + * 2. The file has zero existing attributes; + * 3. The attribute is too large to fit in the attribute fork; + * 4. The attribute is small enough to fit in a leaf block; + * 5. A log flush occurs after committing the transaction that creates + * the (empty) leaf block; and + * 6. The filesystem goes down after the log flush but before the new + * attribute can be committed to the leaf block. + * + * Hence we need to ensure that we don't fail the validation purely + * because the leaf is empty. + */ static xfs_failaddr_t xfs_attr3_leaf_verify( struct xfs_buf *bp) @@ -311,15 +328,6 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_verify( return fa; /* - * Empty leaf blocks should never occur; they imply the existence of a - * software bug that needs fixing. xfs_repair also flags them as a - * corruption that needs fixing, so we should never let these go to - * disk. - */ - if (ichdr.count == 0) - return __this_address; - - /* * firstused is the block offset of the first name info structure. * Make sure it doesn't go off the block or crash into the header. */ |