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author | 2022-01-05 23:59:56 -0500 | |
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committer | 2022-01-10 13:25:56 -0500 | |
commit | 6eeaf88fd586f05aaf1d48cb3a139d2a5c6eb055 (patch) | |
tree | 8fd1d000e7f7a9388379c7cc36c1b4dd2565a300 /tools/perf/scripts/python/export-to-postgresql.py | |
parent | ext4: use BUG_ON instead of if condition followed by BUG (diff) | |
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ext4: don't use the orphan list when migrating an inode
We probably want to remove the indirect block to extents migration
feature after a deprecation window, but until then, let's fix a
potential data loss problem caused by the fact that we put the
tmp_inode on the orphan list. In the unlikely case where we crash and
do a journal recovery, the data blocks belonging to the inode being
migrated are also represented in the tmp_inode on the orphan list ---
and so its data blocks will get marked unallocated, and available for
reuse.
Instead, stop putting the tmp_inode on the oprhan list. So in the
case where we crash while migrating the inode, we'll leak an inode,
which is not a disaster. It will be easily fixed the next time we run
fsck, and it's better than potentially having blocks getting claimed
by two different files, and losing data as a result.
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Reviewed-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
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