# This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
# Project Name: Linux kernel tree
# This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher.
# This patch includes the following deltas:
#	           ChangeSet	1.1009  -> 1.1010 
#	 fs/reiserfs/stree.c	1.20    -> 1.21   
#
# The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log
# --------------------------------------------
# 03/03/04	green@angband.namesys.com	1.1010
# reiserfs: Fix possible transaction overflow when deleting highly fragmented large files.
# 
# --------------------------------------------
#
diff -Nru a/fs/reiserfs/stree.c b/fs/reiserfs/stree.c
--- a/fs/reiserfs/stree.c	Thu Mar 13 11:44:43 2003
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/stree.c	Thu Mar 13 11:44:43 2003
@@ -1125,6 +1125,21 @@
 		journal_mark_dirty (th, p_s_sb, p_s_bh);
 		inode->i_blocks -= p_s_sb->s_blocksize / 512;
 		reiserfs_free_block(th, tmp);
+		/* In case of big fragmentation it is possible that each block
+		   freed will cause dirtying of one more bitmap and then we will
+		   quickly overflow our transaction space. This is a
+		   counter-measure against that scenario */
+		if (journal_transaction_should_end(th, th->t_blocks_allocated)) {
+		    int orig_len_alloc = th->t_blocks_allocated ;
+		    pathrelse(p_s_path) ;
+
+		    journal_end(th, p_s_sb, orig_len_alloc) ;
+		    journal_begin(th, p_s_sb, orig_len_alloc) ;
+		    reiserfs_update_inode_transaction(inode) ;
+		    need_research = 1;
+		    break;
+		}
+
 		if ( item_moved (&s_ih, p_s_path) )  {
 			need_research = 1;
 			break ;

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