linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Initialize list properly

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Date:	Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:00:37 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Initialize list properly

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 12:35:31PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> We need to initialize the list_head properly before we add
> them to the any list. Otherwise with list debug on we get
> list corruption warnings.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

Added to the ext4 patch queue with a slight adjustment in the patch
commit for readability issues:

   When creating a new ext4_prealloc_space structure, we have to
   initialize its list_head pointers before we add them to any prealloc
   lists.  Otherwise, with list debug enabled, we will get list
   corruption warnings.

   Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
   Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>

						- Ted
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