linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] ext4: ext4_mkdir should dirty dir

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Date:	Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:09:24 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Tao Ma <tm@....ma>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] ext4: ext4_mkdir should dirty dir_block with the
 parent inode

On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 02:18:12PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> ext4_mkdir calls ext4_handle_dirty_metadata with dir_block and the inode "dir".
> Unfortunately, dir_block belongs to the newly created directory (which is
> "inode"), not the parent directory (which is "dir").  Fix the incorrect
> association.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...ibm.com>

This is already checked in (git commit: f9287c1f2d3 in the master branch).

     			   		- Ted
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