linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Clear the EXT4_EOFBLOCKS

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Message-ID: <20100525130331.GC5556@thunk.org>
Date:	Tue, 25 May 2010 09:03:31 -0400
From:	tytso@....edu
To:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>
Cc:	Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ext4: Clear the EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL flag only when
 warranted

On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:23:48AM +0400, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
> This condition was triggered during fsstress test. So I consider
> it as rare but possible in real life. Nor than less it is better
> to fix it now, than fix it in response from a midnight call from some
> crazy customer :)

Fair enough, I just didn't have an 8-core system handy when I was
dealing with it, so hand-crafted an fs image.

BTW, whatever happened to the xfstests patch that you created in

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15792

Did you submit it to the xfstests folks for inclusion?

    	       	     	 	  	- Ted
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