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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next v2] ext4:fix file system corrupted when rmdir non empty directory with IO error
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On 2022/2/26 10:23, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 05:35:27PM +0800, Ye Bin wrote:
>> Now if read directory block failed, 'ext4_empty_dir' will return true, assume
>> directory is empty. Obviously, it will lead to above issue.
>> To solve this issue, if read directory block failed 'ext4_empty_dir' just assume
>> directory isn't empty. To avoid making things worse when file system is already
>> corrupted, 'ext4_empty_dir' also assume directory isn't empty.
>> To distinguish the error type, return the exact error code to the caller.
>>
> Does the same issue exist for f2fs and ubifs? We could solve the
> specific bug much more simply by having ext4_empty_dir() return FALSE
> if we aren't able to read the directory block. Yes, it means that we
> don't return as specific an error code in the case of an I/O error ---
> although I believe we do syslog a warning --- but it makes for a much
> simpler patch that doesn't requiring getting acked-by's from the
> fscrypt, f2fs and ubifs folks.
>
> - Ted
> .
In fact, I only modified ext4 as you suggested in my v1 patch.
[-next] ext4:fix file system corrupted when rmdir non empty directory
with IO error :
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-ext4/patch/20220209112819.3072220-1-yebin10@huawei.com/

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