linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] Add regression test for clearing an xattr block

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:46:05 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
CC:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add regression test for clearing an xattr block

Andreas Dilger wrote:
> On Apr 11, 2008  10:57 -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> I got burned by the bug at:
>> http://git.kernel.org/?p=fs/ext2/e2fsprogs.git;a=commitdiff;h=86bc90f4f11df090f86dc764a4ea2d6dd5c13ffe
>>
>> so figured maybe a testcase was in order... 
>> 20/20 hindsight I guess!
> 
> Is the "ea_checks" patch and respective test in the upstream e2fsprogs?
> We had added additional checks to e2fsck for xattr blocks/large inodes.

Ah, it is in git, I had missed that.  Looks like it does cover the case
I sent and much more, so... never mind.

Thanks,
-Eric

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