[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH] ocfs2: for SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE, return internal error unchanged if ocfs2_get_clusters_nocache() or ocfs2_inode_lock() call failed.

[Joel Becker]

On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 02:42:22PM +0800, Jeff Liu wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Since ENXIO only means "offset beyond EOF" for SEEK_DATA/SEEK_HOLE,
> Hence we should return the internal error unchanged if ocfs2_inode_lock() or
> ocfs2_get_clusters_nocache() call failed rather than ENXIO.
> Otherwise, it will confuse the user applications when they trying to understand the root cause.
> 
> Thanks Dave for pointing this out.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> Cc: Dave Chinner <david at fromorbit.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jie Liu <jeff.liu at oracle.com>

This patch is now (finally) part of the 'fixes' branch of ocfs2.git.

Joel

> 
> ---
>  fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c |    2 --
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
> index 2f5b92e..70b5863 100644
> --- a/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
> +++ b/fs/ocfs2/extent_map.c
> @@ -923,8 +923,6 @@ out_unlock:
>  
>  	ocfs2_inode_unlock(inode, 0);
>  out:
> -	if (ret && ret != -ENXIO)
> -		ret = -ENXIO;
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.9
> 
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