linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix extent tree corruption that incurred by hole punch

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Date:	Sat, 08 Dec 2012 11:31:01 -0600
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	forrest <forrestl@...ology.com>
CC:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: fix extent tree corruption that incurred by hole
 punch

On 12/4/12 6:29 AM, forrest wrote:
> This problem is easily to reproduce
> 
> Create a file with size larger than 1GB.
> 
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/test_file bs=1M count=1024
> 
> Punch every even block in test_file, and then use debugfs to dump
> extents,  followings is dumped result
> 
>  2/ 2 339/340 231197 - 231197   3917597 -   3917597      1
>  2/ 2 340/340 231199 - 231199   3917599 -   3917599      1
>  0/ 2   2/  2 231201 - 262143   3901486              30943
>  1/ 2   1/ 46 231201 - 231880   3901488                680
>  2/ 2   1/340 231201 - 231201   3917601 -   3917601      1
>  2/ 2   2/340 231203 - 231203   3917603 -   3917603      1
> 
> Punch blocks #231779 ~#231201 , 

Can you explain what you mean by the above?  Which blocks get punched?

-Eric

> to remove extent index, and then use
> debugfs to dump extents,  followings is dumped result


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