2 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ubifs/master.c b/fs/ubifs/master.c
index 6f95a168a56f..28beaeedadc0 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/master.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/master.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
  *
  * This function scans the master node LEBs and search for the latest master
- * node. Returns zero in case of success and a negative error code in case of
+ * node. Returns zero in case of success, %-EUCLEAN if there master area is
+ * corrupted and requires recovery, and a negative error code in case of
  * failure.
  */
 static int scan_for_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ static int scan_for_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
                 snod = list_entry(sleb->nodes.prev, struct ubifs_scan_node,
                                   list);
                 if (snod->type != UBIFS_MST_NODE)
-                        goto out;
+                        goto out_dump;
                 memcpy(c->mst_node, snod->node, snod->len);
                 offs = snod->offs;
         }
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ static int scan_for_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
                 goto out;
         snod = list_entry(sleb->nodes.prev, struct ubifs_scan_node, list);
         if (snod->type != UBIFS_MST_NODE)
-                goto out;
+                goto out_dump;
         if (snod->offs != offs)
                 goto out;
         if (memcmp((void *)c->mst_node + UBIFS_CH_SZ,
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ static int scan_for_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
 
 out:
         ubifs_scan_destroy(sleb);
+        return -EUCLEAN;
+
+out_dump:
+        ubifs_err("unexpected node type %d master LEB %d:%d",
+                  snod->type, lnum, snod->offs);
+        ubifs_scan_destroy(sleb);
         return -EINVAL;
 }
 
@@ -256,7 +263,8 @@ int ubifs_read_master(struct ubifs_info *c)
 
         err = scan_for_master(c);
         if (err) {
-                err = ubifs_recover_master_node(c);
+                if (err == -EUCLEAN)
+                        err = ubifs_recover_master_node(c);
                 if (err)
                         /*
                          * Note, we do not free 'c->mst_node' here because the
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
index 3119af3cdc51..82009c74b6a3 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
@@ -672,7 +672,8 @@ static int kill_orphans(struct ubifs_info *c)
                 dbg_rcvry("LEB %d", lnum);
                 sleb = ubifs_scan(c, lnum, 0, c->sbuf, 1);
                 if (IS_ERR(sleb)) {
-                        sleb = ubifs_recover_leb(c, lnum, 0, c->sbuf, 0);
+                        if (PTR_ERR(sleb) == -EUCLEAN)
+                                sleb = ubifs_recover_leb(c, lnum, 0, c->sbuf, 0);
                         if (IS_ERR(sleb)) {
                                 err = PTR_ERR(sleb);
                                 break;