linux-ext4 - Re: [GIT PULL] ext4 bugfixes for 3.2-rc5

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Date:	Tue, 20 Dec 2011 21:41:12 -0800
From:	Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] ext4 bugfixes for 3.2-rc5

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> writes:

> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
>>
>> There is a signed tag tytso-for-linus-20111214 covering these patches,
>> which fix a potential hang, crash (on big endian), and data corruption
>> bugs which show up when using fsx and/or Hugh's kernel compile/mm
>> torture test.
>
> Ok, since I build my own git versions, I have one that can pull signed
> tags and automatically verifies them and saves the signed tag
> information as part of the commit object.

Just a note. The new feature was broken when the pull has conflict that
needs to be resolved and concluded with "git commit". The version of git
from 'master' as of today should have a fix, but older ones forgot to
record the mergetag in the resulting commit object.
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