linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] fix header check in ext4_ext_search

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Message-ID: <20090309113619.GH5578@mit.edu>
Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 07:36:19 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Dindorp <ddi@...ex.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix header check in ext4_ext_search_right() for deep
	extent trees.

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 02:50:51PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> This should resolve kernel.org bugzilla 12821
> 
> I've not actually crafted a workload to exercise this code; 
> this is from inspection...

Hmm, so I've been trying to create a test case, but the test cases
I've created (which e2fsck say are fine) aren't causing complaints by
the kernel.

Please see:

       http://master.kernel.org/~tytso/deep-tree/

deep-tree.img.gz contains an extent tree of depth 3, and
deep-tree-2.img.gz contains an extent tree of depth 4....

		   	       	      - Ted
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