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Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:08:54 -0500 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000 [ext4_new_meta_blocks+0x7c/0xb7] On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 04:11:22PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote: > > I have one question regarding the patch. What about blocks allocated for > directories for the ext3 format. With extent format we are not > setting EXT4_MB_HINT_DATA for non regular files. So i guess we also > need the below patch . I've updated the remove-ext4_new_blocks to include your suggested patch. I would like to try implementing a new, more intelligent allocation algorithm later, though. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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