1 files changed, 39 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c
index 6ae4ecf3ce40..3bf07d70b914 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c
@@ -2127,7 +2127,21 @@ static void ext3_free_data(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 
 	if (this_bh) {
 		BUFFER_TRACE(this_bh, "call ext3_journal_dirty_metadata");
-		ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, this_bh);
+
+		/*
+		 * The buffer head should have an attached journal head at this
+		 * point. However, if the data is corrupted and an indirect
+		 * block pointed to itself, it would have been detached when
+		 * the block was cleared. Check for this instead of OOPSing.
+		 */
+		if (bh2jh(this_bh))
+			ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, this_bh);
+		else
+			ext3_error(inode->i_sb, "ext3_free_data",
+				   "circular indirect block detected, "
+				   "inode=%lu, block=%llu",
+				   inode->i_ino,
+				   (unsigned long long)this_bh->b_blocknr);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2253,6 +2267,19 @@ static void ext3_free_branches(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 	}
 }
 
+int ext3_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+		return 0;
+	if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return 1;
+	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
+		return 1;
+	if (S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode))
+		return !ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * ext3_truncate()
  *
@@ -2297,12 +2324,7 @@ void ext3_truncate(struct inode *inode)
 	unsigned blocksize = inode->i_sb->s_blocksize;
 	struct page *page;
 
-	if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode) ||
-	    S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)))
-		return;
-	if (ext3_inode_is_fast_symlink(inode))
-		return;
-	if (IS_APPEND(inode) || IS_IMMUTABLE(inode))
+	if (!ext3_can_truncate(inode))
 		return;
 
 	/*
@@ -2513,6 +2535,16 @@ static int __ext3_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode,
 	}
 	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 		lock_buffer(bh);
+
+		/*
+		 * If the buffer has the write error flag, we have failed
+		 * to write out another inode in the same block.  In this
+		 * case, we don't have to read the block because we may
+		 * read the old inode data successfully.
+		 */
+		if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && !buffer_uptodate(bh))
+			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+
 		if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
 			/* someone brought it uptodate while we waited */
 			unlock_buffer(bh);