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Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:45:19 -0500 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> Cc: ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] libext2fs: don't swap extent-based journal backup on read On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 02:45:44PM -0600, Eric Sandeen wrote: > The f_illitable_flexbg test was failing on ppc, because > e2fsck_move_ext3_journal is doing a direct memcmp of i_block with > s_jnl_blocks, and failing. > > This is because we don't swap extent data on read from disk; rather > we do it when we access the extents. However, ext2fs_swap_super > was swapping s_jnl_blocks unconditionally, so these didn't match. > > Looks like we need to treat s_jnl_blocks the same as i_block, and > swap it on access, not on read. Except for the last i_size bit... > > Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> Applied to the maint branch, thanks. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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