linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 02/34] e2fsck: fix sliding the directory block down on bigalloc

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Message-ID: <20140919014537.GE26995@thunk.org>
Date:	Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:45:37 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/34] e2fsck: fix sliding the directory block down on
 bigalloc

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 03:11:25PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If we find a hole in a directory on a bigalloc filesystem, we need to
> obey the cluster alignment rules when collapsing the gap to avoid
> later complaints.
> 
> Specifically, the calculation of the new logical cluster number was
> incorrect, and we need to ensure that the logical cluster alignment
> respects the physical cluster alignment, since we've concluded that
> the extent's logical block number is wrong.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted
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