linux-ext4 - Re: [EXT4 set 4][PATCH 4/5] i_version:ext4 inode version update

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Message-ID: <20070703214131.GH6578@schatzie.adilger.int>
Date:	Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:41:31 -0600
From:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@...sterfs.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	cmm@...ibm.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org
Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 4][PATCH 4/5] i_version:ext4 inode version update

On Jul 03, 2007  12:19 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Mingming Cao wrote:
> >Index: linux-2.6.22-rc4/fs/ext4/super.c
> >===================================================================
> >--- linux-2.6.22-rc4.orig/fs/ext4/super.c	2007-06-13 
> >17:19:11.000000000 -0700
> >+++ linux-2.6.22-rc4/fs/ext4/super.c	2007-06-13 17:24:45.000000000 -0700
> >@@ -2846,8 +2846,8 @@ out:
> > 		i_size_write(inode, off+len-towrite);
> > 		EXT4_I(inode)->i_disksize = inode->i_size;
> > 	}
> >-	inode->i_version++;
> > 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
> >+	inode->i_version = 1;
> > 	ext4_mark_inode_dirty(handle, inode);
> > 	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
> > 	return len - towrite;
> 
> 
> Is this correct ? . Why do we set the qutoa file inodes version to 1  
> during write ?

Hmm, I thought we had previously fixed this?

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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