linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 5/8] ext4: call ext4_forget() from ext4_free

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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:56 -0500
From:	tytso@....edu
To:	Andreas Dilger <adilger@....com>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/8] ext4: call ext4_forget() from ext4_free_blocks()

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:22:29PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> >Also fix a bug in the extents migration code; it wasn't calling
> >ext4_forget() when releasing the indirect blocks during the
> >conversion.
> 
> Would this also solve Curt's problem, mentioned in "Bug in extent
> zeroout: blocks not marked as new" where bforget was not being
> called when the blocks are freed?

No, Curt was referring to the extents code which convert uninitialized
to initialized extents; the code I was referring to is the code which
migrates direct/indirect-mapped inodes to extent-mapped inodes.

						- Ted

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