linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext2: Update also inode on disk when dir is IS

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Date:	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:08:07 +0100
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext2: Update also inode on disk when dir is IS_DIRSYNC

> We used to just write changed page for IS_DIRSYNC inodes. But we also have to
> update directory inode itself just for the case that we've allocated a new
> block and changed i_size.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> CC: Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>

Tested, and I can't break ext2 in simple tests now.
									Pavel

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