[LU-8183] Stange logic in orph_key_fill and around

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 23:42:11 +0000

orph_key_fill and orph_key_fill_18 have this strange construct:

        if (rc > 0)
                return (struct dt_key*) key;
        else
                return ERR_PTR(rc);

So they pass 0 into ERR_PTR which probably will result in NULL but often is a mistake.

I tried to see how is it used and there's no error checking, in all cases the resultant value is directly fed into dt_insert() or dt_declare_insert() or the like.

I looked at osd_declare_dir_delete as one of the possible options (in zfs) and it seems to be directly using this as:

        dmu_tx_hold_zap(oh->ot_tx, dnode, TRUE, (char *)key);

for dt_insert, the ldiskfs incarnation directly accesses (or tries to) the content with:

        rc = iam_insert(oh->ot_handle, bag, (const struct iam_key *)key,
                        iam_rec, ipd);

So I guess this needs some looking at to make sure we do the correct thing there.

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[LU-8183] Stange logic in orph_key_fill and around