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

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Message-ID: <20090309160135.GA30654@skywalker>
Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2009 21:31:35 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>,
	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 Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 07:36:19AM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote:
> 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

With depth 3 we would have path->p_depth = 2 and with middle
index block would have eh->eh_depth = 1 and depth variable also
will be having value 1. (also path->p_depth - depth)


> deep-tree-2.img.gz contains an extent tree of depth 4....
> 

So what is the logical block number with which you trying to allocate
blocks in deep-tree-2.img.gz 

-aneesh
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