linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Fix fsync error handling after filesystem abort.

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Date:	Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:39:11 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: Fix fsync error handling after filesystem
 abort.

On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 08:41:01PM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> If filesystem was aborted after inode's write back is complete
> but before its metadata was updated we may return success
> results in data loss.
> In order to handle fs abort correctly we have to check
> fs state once we discover that it is in MS_RDONLY state
> 
> Test case: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/244297
> 
> Changes from V2:
>  - more spelling fixes
> 
> Changes from V1:
>  - fix spelling
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>

Thanks, applied with Darrick's further suggested spelling fixes.

		     	       	       		 - Ted
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