ext4: fix null handler of ioctls in no journal mode
The EXT4_IOC_GROUP_ADD and EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND ioctls should not
flush the journal in no_journal mode. Otherwise, running resize2fs on
a mounted no_journal partition triggers the following error messages:
BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000014
IP: [<c039d282>] _spin_lock+0x8/0x19
*pde = 00000000
Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
Signed-off-by: Peng Tao <bergwolf@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
diff --git a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
index bb415408..01f149a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ioctl.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
case EXT4_IOC_GROUP_EXTEND: {
ext4_fsblk_t n_blocks_count;
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
- int err, err2;
+ int err, err2=0;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
return -EPERM;
@@ -205,9 +205,11 @@
return err;
err = ext4_group_extend(sb, EXT4_SB(sb)->s_es, n_blocks_count);
- jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
- err2 = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
- jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
+ jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ err2 = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ }
if (err == 0)
err = err2;
mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);
@@ -252,7 +254,7 @@
case EXT4_IOC_GROUP_ADD: {
struct ext4_new_group_data input;
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
- int err, err2;
+ int err, err2=0;
if (!capable(CAP_SYS_RESOURCE))
return -EPERM;
@@ -266,9 +268,11 @@
return err;
err = ext4_group_add(sb, &input);
- jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
- err2 = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
- jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal) {
+ jbd2_journal_lock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ err2 = jbd2_journal_flush(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ jbd2_journal_unlock_updates(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal);
+ }
if (err == 0)
err = err2;
mnt_drop_write(filp->f_path.mnt);