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Date:	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:59:43 +0900
From:	Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@...achi.com>
To:	Josef Bacik <jbacik@...hat.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, sct@...hat.com, adilger@...sterfs.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	jack@...e.cz, sugita <yumiko.sugita.yf@...achi.com>,
	Satoshi OSHIMA <satoshi.oshima.fk@...achi.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] jbd: possible filesystem corruption fixes

Josef Bacik wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:00:54PM +0900, Hidehiro Kawai wrote:
> 
>>Subject: [PATCH 0/4] jbd: possible filesystem corruption fixes
>>
>>This patch set fixes several error handling problems to protect
>>from filesystem corruption caused by I/O errors.  It has been
>>done only for JBD and ext3 parts.
>>
> There doesn't seem like much point in taking these patches as Jan is rewriting
> the ordered mode path and most of these functions will be going away soon.
> Those patches seem like they will be coming soon and will obsolete these.

Yes, PATCH 1/4 and PATCH 2/4 are specific to the ordered mode, and Jan's
patches seem to fix the same problems.  But the remain patches target
generic journaling problems, so I think those patches are still needed.

Regards,
-- 
Hidehiro Kawai
Hitachi, Systems Development Laboratory
Linux Technology Center


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