linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 2/5] ext4: fix block bitmap initialization under sparse

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Date:	Mon, 12 May 2014 10:16:18 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] ext4: fix block bitmap initialization under
 sparse_super2

On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 04:17:34PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The ext4_bg_has_super() function doesn't know about the new rules for
> where backup superblocks go on a sparse_super2 filesystem.  Therefore,
> block bitmap initialization doesn't know that it shouldn't reserve
> space for backups in groups that are never going to contain backups.
> The result of this is e2fsck complaining about the block bitmap being
> incorrect (fortunately not in a way that results in cross-linked
> files), so fix the whole thing.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted
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