linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: Always journal quota file modifications

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Message-ID: <4C323BAC.5030101@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:08:12 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
CC:	tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Always journal quota file modifications

Jan Kara wrote:
> When journaled quota options are not specified, we do writes
> to quota files just in data=ordered mode. This actually causes
> warnings from JBD2 about dirty journaled buffer because ext4_getblk
> unconditionally treats a block allocated by it as metadata. Since
> quota actually is filesystem metadata, the easiest way to get rid
> of the warning is to always treat quota writes as metadata...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Where are we at on this one?  I was trawling through my old RH bugs
today, and have one that this patch will resolve.  Ted, did you
get comfortable with it?

Thanks,
-Eric
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