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

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:37:04 -0400
From:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: Always journal quota file modifications

On Mon, Jul 05, 2010 at 03:08:12PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> 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?

I've added this to the ext4 patch queue.  (Going my backlog too,
before the merge window opens.  :-)

					- Ted
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