linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 22/54] libext2fs: ext2fs_new_block2() should call alloc

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Date:	Sat, 28 Mar 2015 23:08:42 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 22/54] libext2fs: ext2fs_new_block2() should call
 alloc_block hook

On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 11:37:57PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If ext2fs_new_block2() is called without a specific block map, we
> should call the alloc_block hook before checking fs->block_map.  This
> helps us to avoid a bug in e2fsck where we need to allocate a block
> but instead of consulting block_found_map, we use the FS bitmaps,
> which (prior to pass 5) could be wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

						- Ted
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