Re: [PATCH] jbd2: check for aborted handle in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata()

[Theodore Ts'o]

On Thu, 07 May 2026 10:36:05 +0530, Deepanshu Kartikey wrote:
> jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata() unconditionally dereferences
> handle->h_transaction at function entry to obtain the journal pointer:
> 
> 	transaction_t *transaction = handle->h_transaction;
> 	journal_t *journal = transaction->t_journal;
> 
> However, h_transaction may legitimately be NULL for an aborted handle.
> The is_handle_aborted() helper in include/linux/jbd2.h explicitly
> treats !h_transaction as one of the aborted states:
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] jbd2: check for aborted handle in jbd2_journal_dirty_metadata()
      commit: 8fc197cf366beaabaeb46575c8cf46fe5076b943

Best regards,
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Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>