linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V2 1/4] ext4: fix check of inode in swap_inode_boot

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Message-ID: <20190211050228.GJ23000@mit.edu>
Date:   Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:02:28 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>
CC:     <jack@...e.com>, <miaoxie@...wei.com>, <yi.zhang@...wei.com>,
        <houtao1@...wei.com>, <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 1/4] ext4: fix check of inode in swap_inode_boot_loader

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 02:58:20PM +0800, yangerkun wrote:
> Before really do swap between inode and boot inode, something need to
> check to avoid invalid or not permitted operation, like does this inode
> has inline data. But the condition check should be protected by inode
> lock to avoid change while swapping. Also some other condition will not
> change between swapping, but there has no problem to do this under inode
> lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>

Thanks, applied.

					- Ted