From e6b5d30104db5f34110678ecab14988f1f1eff63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Curt Wohlgemuth Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:07:20 -0400 Subject: ext4: Fix buffer head reference leak in no-journal mode We found a problem with buffer head reference leaks when using an ext4 partition without a journal. In particular, calls to ext4_forget() would not to a brelse() on the input buffer head, which will cause pages they belong to to not be reclaimable. Further investigation showed that all places where ext4_journal_forget() and ext4_journal_revoke() are called are subject to the same problem. The patch below changes __ext4_journal_forget/__ext4_journal_revoke to do an explicit release of the buffer head when the journal handle isn't valid. Signed-off-by: Curt Wohlgemuth Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) (limited to 'fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h') diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h index d574a85aca56..139fb8cb87e4 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.h @@ -131,9 +131,11 @@ int __ext4_journal_get_undo_access(const char *where, handle_t *handle, int __ext4_journal_get_write_access(const char *where, handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh); +/* When called with an invalid handle, this will still do a put on the BH */ int __ext4_journal_forget(const char *where, handle_t *handle, struct buffer_head *bh); +/* When called with an invalid handle, this will still do a put on the BH */ int __ext4_journal_revoke(const char *where, handle_t *handle, ext4_fsblk_t blocknr, struct buffer_head *bh); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b