linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: Handle rec_len correctly for 64KB blocksize

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Date:	Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:08:36 -0700
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsprogs: Handle rec_len correctly for 64KB blocksize

On Nov 12, 2007  09:58 -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2007 at 10:52:45AM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > > Did you test this patch before submitting it?
> >
> >   Argh, stupid me. I've just tested that I didn't break anything for normal
> > block size and thought that I cannot make mistake in such a simple thing
> > ;).
> 
> Could I ask you to perhaps include some 64k blocksize test cases that
> would exercise the new codepaths?

One thing I had done to verify that 64kB rec_len was broken was to always
create lost+found with at least 2 disk blocks, since the second block in
lost+found will not have any dirents in it and will tickle this bug.

Patch attached.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Sr. Software Engineer, Lustre Group
Sun Microsystems of Canada, Inc.


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