From 7eb4969e04060dcf3fbd46af9c21b1059b853068 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Kara Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:02:37 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ext3: Truncate allocated blocks if direct IO write fails to update i_size We have to truncate blocks allocated to file during direct IO when we fail to update i_size properly. Signed-off-by: Jan Kara --- fs/ext3/inode.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext3/inode.c b/fs/ext3/inode.c index 44b53386ab8b..c0ff9d6ffde6 100644 --- a/fs/ext3/inode.c +++ b/fs/ext3/inode.c @@ -1785,8 +1785,9 @@ retry: handle = ext3_journal_start(inode, 2); if (IS_ERR(handle)) { /* This is really bad luck. We've written the data - * but cannot extend i_size. Bail out and pretend - * the write failed... */ + * but cannot extend i_size. Truncate allocated blocks + * and pretend the write failed... */ + ext3_truncate(inode); ret = PTR_ERR(handle); goto out; } -- 2.25.1