linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] delalloc: add quota handling

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jun 2008 16:37:27 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Mingming <cmm@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] delalloc: add quota handling

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:14:38PM -0700, Mingming wrote:
> Correct quota handling in delayed allocation. With this patch,
> the quota for blocks are counted at block reservation time when
> the fs free blocks counter are updated, instead of at later 
> block allocation time.
> 

So what happens if we crash after quota update but before allocating
blocks ?  Will e2fsck fix it ?.


-aneesh
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