linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH -V2 3/5] ext4: Fix the race between read_block_bitmap and mark_diskspace

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Date:	Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:02:24 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>, cmm@...ibm.com,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -V2 3/5] ext4: Fix the race between read_block_bitmap
	and mark_diskspace_used

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 11:01:35PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Same is true with inode bitmap also.
> 

I don't see how this patch could affect any races with the inode
bitmaps; the patch only affects mballoc.c, and only changes the
locking around bitmaps.

This is one that I think we may want to send to Linus soon as a 2.6.28
bugfix.

							- Ted
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