On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu> wrote:
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> Hmm, looks like error handling needs a makeover if this is really to
>  become example code.  See comments inline.

Thanks for the review Miklos.

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>  > +     mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
>  > +     if (wait) {
>  > +             sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
>  > +             if (buffer_req(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
>  > +                     ret = -EIO;
>
>  Hmm, here it sets ret, but doesn't exit.  Deliberate?

It was - if sync fails, it should still try writing the mirrors.  Plus
bh and bh2 get released subsequently.

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>  > +             iget_failed(inode);
>  > +             return ERR_PTR(-EIO);
>
>  Should be:
>
>         if (!bh)
>                 goto iget_failed;

Nod.

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>  > +out:
>  > +     ret = -EINVAL;
>  > +

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>  > +     if (bh)
>  > +             brelse(bh);
>
>  This is weird.  This should be done by jumping to the proper label
>  between the brleses.

Hrm, brelse(NULL) is allowed so the check is suspect anyway.  I did
this in a couple of other places, so I'll fix those up too.

Thanks!

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