linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix oops when online resizing a filesystem with flex

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:25:40 -0200
From:	Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@...oscopio.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix oops when online resizing a filesystem with
	flex_bg

On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 07:07:43PM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote:
> Fortunately having random bits in bg_flags is otherwise mostly
> harmless, but this is clearly a bug.  Can you test and confirm this
> also fixes your failure case?
> 
> 						- Ted

Yes, it fix my test case. No oops while online resizing anymore with
only your patch applied on top of 2.6.29-rc2.

Best Regards,
Cascardo.

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