ext4: don't ignore return values from ext4_ext_dirty()
authorHarshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Mon, 27 Apr 2020 01:34:38 +0000 (18:34 -0700)
committerTheodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Thu, 4 Jun 2020 03:16:50 +0000 (23:16 -0400)
commitb60ca3343e78761c6ebe6ff52c628893c8297b73
tree252a0ac92eb3c5744ca3652ff5359688fba3d22f
parent4209ae12b12265d475bba28634184423149bd14f
ext4: don't ignore return values from ext4_ext_dirty()

Don't ignore return values from ext4_ext_dirty, since the errors
indicate valid failures below Ext4.  In all of the other instances of
ext4_ext_dirty calls, the error return value is handled in some
way. This patch makes those remaining couple of places to handle
ext4_ext_dirty errors as well. In case of ext4_split_extent_at(), the
ignorance of return value is intentional. The reason is that we are
already in error path and there isn't much we can do if ext4_ext_dirty
returns error. This patch adds a comment for that case explaining why
we ignore the return value.

In the longer run, we probably should
make sure that errors from other mark_dirty routines are handled as
well.

Ran gce-xfstests smoke tests and verified that there were no
regressions.

Signed-off-by: Harshad Shirwadkar <harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200427013438.219117-2-harshadshirwadkar@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
fs/ext4/extents.c