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-rw-r--r--fs/ubifs/recovery.c23
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
index 109c6ea03bb..daae9e1f538 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/recovery.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
* This file implements functions needed to recover from unclean un-mounts.
* When UBIFS is mounted, it checks a flag on the master node to determine if
* an un-mount was completed successfully. If not, the process of mounting
- * incorparates additional checking and fixing of on-flash data structures.
+ * incorporates additional checking and fixing of on-flash data structures.
* UBIFS always cleans away all remnants of an unclean un-mount, so that
* errors do not accumulate. However UBIFS defers recovery if it is mounted
* read-only, and the flash is not modified in that case.
@@ -1063,8 +1063,21 @@ int ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
}
err = ubifs_find_dirty_leb(c, &lp, wbuf->offs, 2);
if (err) {
- if (err == -ENOSPC)
- dbg_err("could not find a dirty LEB");
+ /*
+ * There are no dirty or empty LEBs subject to here being
+ * enough for the index. Try to use
+ * 'ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx()', which will return any empty
+ * LEBs (ignoring index requirements). If the index then
+ * doesn't have enough LEBs the recovery commit will fail -
+ * which is the same result anyway i.e. recovery fails. So
+ * there is no problem ignoring index requirements and just
+ * grabbing a free LEB since we have already established there
+ * is not a dirty LEB we could have used instead.
+ */
+ if (err == -ENOSPC) {
+ dbg_rcvry("could not find a dirty LEB");
+ goto find_free;
+ }
return err;
}
ubifs_assert(!(lp.flags & LPROPS_INDEX));
@@ -1139,8 +1152,8 @@ int ubifs_rcvry_gc_commit(struct ubifs_info *c)
find_free:
/*
* There is no GC head LEB or the free space in the GC head LEB is too
- * small. Allocate gc_lnum by calling 'ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx()' so
- * GC is not run.
+ * small, or there are not dirty LEBs. Allocate gc_lnum by calling
+ * 'ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx()' so GC is not run.
*/
lnum = ubifs_find_free_leb_for_idx(c);
if (lnum < 0) {