linux-ext4 - Re: PATCH ext4: fix to call

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Date:	Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:59:41 -0800
From:	Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PATCH ext4: fix to call_filldir

Hi Ted:

> Um, how much testing have you done with this patch in place?  The
> change to call_filldir() was part of other changes in how
> call_filldir() was called, and at least in the common case where
> filldir() returns -EINVAL because there's not enough room in the
> user's readdir buffer and the entry needs to be saved for the next
> getdents() systemcall, the code is correct.
>
> In fact, I haven't tried your patch, but I'm pretty certain that if
> applied, it will cause directory entries to be dropped such that rm
> -rf for large hierarchies will *always* fail because some files won't
> get deleted becuase they won't be returned by readdir().
>
> What kernel version were you running when you were testing ext4 using
> bonnie?  If you are using a kernel older than 2.6.28-rc2 (and newer
> than 2.6.27-rc4), I would guess what you ran into was a known bug that
> was fixed by commit 3c37fc86.

Thanks much.  Yes, now I see how the commit above works with the existing code.

I'm running a 2.6.26-based kernel with various patches applied from
the ext4 patch queue.  We don't have this commit in our base, hence my
patch works (at least with basic testing) there.  But I can see how it
would not work with the current base kernel (where this commit is
incorporated).

Sorry for the confusion; but this does point out a problem of mine:
where should I be looking for ext4 patches?  I've been using

       http://repo.or.cz/w/ext4-patch-queue.git

where I'm not seeing this patch (am I just missing it?).  Should I
simply be using

       http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git

where in fact I am seeing this patch?

Thanks,
Curt
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