1 ext4: return EIO on read error in ext4_find_entry
3 From: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com>
5 Previously, a read error would be ignored and we would eventually return
6 NULL from ext4_find_entry, which signals "no such file or directory". We
7 should be returning EIO.
9 Signed-off-by: Khazhismel Kumykov <khazhy@google.com>
11 fs/ext4/namei.c | 4 ++--
12 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
14 diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
15 index 404256caf9cf..6fa17e9f7b6d 100644
18 @@ -1428,11 +1428,11 @@ static struct buffer_head * ext4_find_entry (struct inode *dir,
21 if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
22 - /* read error, skip block & hope for the best */
23 EXT4_ERROR_INODE(dir, "reading directory lblock %lu",
24 (unsigned long) block);
27 + ret = ERR_PTR(-EIO);
28 + goto cleanup_and_exit;
30 if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
31 !is_dx_internal_node(dir, block,
33 2.13.1.611.g7e3b11ae1-goog