linux-ext4 - Re: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_ext_remove

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Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 19:11:44 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, xfs@....sgi.com,
	ext4 hackers <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: NULL pointer dereference in ext4_ext_remove_space on 3.5.1

On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 08:55:24AM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> 
> No.  The whole point of moving to multiple directories is to allow
> easy extension for domain specific tests without having to hack up
> the check script or play other games with test naming. Duplicate
> names in different test subdirectories are most certainly allowed.

Oh, I agree, using separate directories is *way* better than the hack
we're using internally.  The main benefit of what we did was the
patches were minimally intrusive....

> > Can you take a look at Dave's series if that helps you?  I haven't
> > really reviewed it much myself yet, but I'll try to get to it ASAP.
> 
> Well, I'd apprepciate it if somebody looked at it. It's been almost
> a month since I posted it and all I've heard is crickets so far...

I definitely want to look at it, but realistically, I probably won't
have time until after San Diego....  I've been crazy busy lately.

Cheers,

						- Ted
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