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Theodore Ts'o 6eeaf88fd5 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
2022-01-10 13:25:56 -05:00
Documentation Power management fixes for 5.16-rc4 2021-12-03 12:22:56 -08:00
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block block: call rq_qos_done() before ref check in batch completions 2021-11-26 09:53:23 -07:00
certs certs: Add support for using elliptic curve keys for signing modules 2021-08-23 19:55:42 +03:00
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fs ext4: don't use the orphan list when migrating an inode 2022-01-10 13:25:56 -05:00
include ext4: implement support for get/set fs label 2022-01-10 13:25:55 -05:00
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