linux-ext4 - Re: Issue with bad file system

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Date:	19 Nov 2012 14:15:05 -0500
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...izon.com>
To:	sandeen@...hat.com, tytso@....edu
Cc:	dreusser@...il.com, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux@...izon.com
Subject: Re: Issue with bad file system

> (In particular, I want to make sure that random journal corruptions are
> handled correctly when the metadata checksum feature is enabled ---
> before we start having more enthusiastic users try out bleeding edge
> features on production file systems....)

Oh, more enthusiastic users are *already* trying out metadata_csum
on production file systems.  And finding lots of bugs doing so!

My latest is a file system where e2fsck can find the problem, but
can't fix it.
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