linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: Check for cases where EOFBLOCKS

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Message-ID: <20100512004452.GY18762@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 11 May 2010 20:44:52 -0400
From:	tytso@....edu
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] e2fsck: Check for cases where EOFBLOCKS_FL is
 unnecessarily set

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 05:06:43PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> > Some kernels will crash if EOFBLOCKS_FL is set when it is it not
> 
> Is there a kernel fix to go with this, then?

There will be; Dmitry sent a patch in the ext4 patch a while back.

http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/50469/

The fix to prevent the crash is tiny.  The rest of the patch I need to
review more carefully....  I'll get to it RSN.

					- Ted
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