[PATCH] Fix bug in ext3 htree rename: doesn't delete old name, leaves ino with bad nlink

chrisl@vmware.com
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 00:25:00 -0800


This should fix the ext3 htree rename problem. Please try it again.

Thanks

Chris

--- namei.c 2002/11/06 07:19:11 1.2
+++ namei.c 2002/11/06 08:17:31
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@
old_bh = new_bh = dir_bh = NULL;

handle = ext3_journal_start(old_dir, 2 * EXT3_DATA_TRANS_BLOCKS +
- EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 2);
+ EXT3_INDEX_EXTRA_TRANS_BLOCKS + 3);
if (IS_ERR(handle)) {
return PTR_ERR(handle);
}
@@ -2167,8 +2167,30 @@
/*
* ok, that's it
*/
- ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir, old_de, old_bh);
+ retval = ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir, old_de, old_bh);
+ if (retval == -ENOENT) {
+ /*
+ * old_de can be moved during ext3_add_entry.
+ */
+ struct buffer_head * old_bh2;
+ struct ext3_dir_entry_2 * old_de2;
+ old_bh2 = ext3_find_entry (old_dentry, &old_de2);
+ if (old_bh2) {
+ retval = ext3_delete_entry(handle, old_dir, old_de2,
+ old_bh2);
+ brelse(old_bh2);
+ } else {
+ ext3_warning(old_dir->i_sb, "ext3_rename",
+ "Deleting old file not found (%lu), %d",
+ old_dir->i_ino, old_dir->i_nlink);
+ }

+ }
+ if (retval) {
+ ext3_warning (old_dir->i_sb, "ext3_rename",
+ "Deleting old file (%lu), %d, error=%d",
+ old_dir->i_ino, old_dir->i_nlink, retval);
+ }
if (new_inode) {
new_inode->i_nlink--;
new_inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;

On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:24:16PM -0800, chrisl@vmware.com wrote:
> Thanks again for the nice bug report.
>
> I think I understand the problem now. What happen was, in ext3_rename,
> it will first add the new entry to directory and then remove the
> old entry. In this case, when add a new entry to the directory
> cause a leaf node split. And the old entry is in the very same
> leaf node. After split, the old entry have been move to another
> leaf node. But ext3_rename still holding the old pointer and bh
> to the old leaf node.
>
> It will try to delete the entry from old leaf node, and of course,
> it can't find it.
>
> You know the rest of the story then.
>
> The old ext3 code is OK because it only append new blocks, it
> will not change the previous block.
>
> This also raise an interesting question, after split leave node,
> do we need to update the dentry cache for the change?
>
> I will try to post a patch tonight (pacific time) to fix this problem.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Chris
>
> On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 08:47:50PM -0800, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> > I've isolated the problem to rename not removing the old name under some
> > circumstances, leaving two names for a file with an nlink of 1. This
> > will reliably reproduce the problem for me, under 2.4.19-ac4 and 2.4.19
> > (stock) w/ patch-ext3-dxdir-2.4.19-4.
> >
> > Generate a new filesystem: this will create htree-bug.fs
> > $ sh genfs
> >
> > # mkdir m
> > # mount -o loop htree-bug.fs m
> >
> > $ gcc -o tickle tickle.c
> > $ ./tickle m/test
> > *** rename("drivers/scsi/psi240i.h", "drivers/scsi/psi240i.h.orig") failure:
> > stating drivers/scsi/psi240i.h
> > ino=294
> > nlink=1
> > stating drivers/scsi/psi240i.h.orig
> > ino=294
> > nlink=1
> > *** rename("drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.h", "drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.h.orig") failure:
> > stating drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.h
> > ino=350
> > nlink=1
> > stating drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.h.orig
> > ino=350
> > nlink=1
> >
> > # umount m
> >
> > $ e2fsck -f htree-bug.fs
> > e2fsck 1.30-WIP (30-Sep-2002)
> > Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> > Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> > Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
> > Pass 4: Checking reference counts
> > Inode 294 ref count is 1, should be 2. Fix<y>? yes
> >
> > Inode 350 ref count is 1, should be 2. Fix<y>? yes
> >
> > Pass 5: Checking group summary information
> >
> > htree-bug.fs: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *****
> > htree-bug.fs: 541/10240 files (0.2% non-contiguous), 1369/10240 blocks
> > exit status 1
> > $ debugfs htree-bug.fs
> > debugfs 1.30-WIP (30-Sep-2002)
> > debugfs: ncheck 294
> > Inode Pathname
> > 294 /test/drivers/scsi/psi240i.h
> > debugfs: ncheck 350
> > Inode Pathname
> > 350 /test/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.h
> >
> >
> > I've put all the bits needed to reproduce the bug (genfs, tickle) at
> > http://www.goop.org/~jeremy/htree/
> >
> >
> > J
> >
> >
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