linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] JBD2: round commit timer up to avoid uncommitted transaction

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Message-ID: <20090811025250.GK1756@mit.edu>
Date:	Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:52:50 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Alex Zhuravlev <Alex.Zhuravlev@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] JBD2: round commit timer up to avoid uncommitted
	transaction

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 02:22:09PM -0600, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> jbd and jbd2 fixes: fix jiffie rounding in jbd commit timer setup code.
> Rounding down could cause the timer to be fired before the corresponding
> transaction has expired.  That transaction can stay not committed forever if
> no new transaction is created or expicit sync/umount happens.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alex Zhuravlev (Tomas) <alex.zhuravlev@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>

Added to the ext4 patch queue; apologies for the delay.

      	     	  	       		     - Ted
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