linux-ext4 - Re: ext4 preallocation corruption with truncate

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:39:44 -0700
From:	Mingming <cmm@...ibm.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	sandeen@...hat.com
Subject: Re: ext4 preallocation corruption with truncate

On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 20:17 -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 04:28:57PM -0700, Mingming wrote:
> > We have seen data lost issue after a file being preallocated, write,
> > then truncated. 
> > 
> > Ted could we send this fix to stable asap? Thanks.
> 
> Aneesh had already sent this patch to linux-ext4, and I've already
> sent a pull request of all of the accumulated ext4 fixes to Linus.
> Once Linus pulls it into mainline, I'll assemble the set of fixes that
> that need to go to stable, and send it off to stable@...nel.org.
> 
> 						- Ted

Thanks, I overlooked Aneesh's post.

Mingming

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