linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: memory leakage in ext4_mb

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Date:	Mon, 5 Apr 2010 13:08:58 +0800
From:	jing zhang <zj.barak@...il.com>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	tytso@....edu,
	"Aneesh Kumar K. V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>,
	Dave Kleikamp <shaggy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: memory leakage in ext4_mb_init()

2010/4/5, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>:
> Testing really is critical to development; some things can be done by
> inspection, but if you don't test it is hard to know if you made a
> mistake.
>
> You can always test inside a vm, or on a loopback file, on a single box.
>
> Without testing, you are asking others to do testing for you
> (unless the change is so obvious that it can be trusted)
>

Before linux-2.6.32 is released, would you like tell me, how is ext4 tested?
Is tough testing able to catch all bugs?

      - zj
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