linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH -v3] ext4: simulate various I/O and checksum errors when reading metadata

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Message-ID: <20191213184552.GB273569@mit.edu>
Date:   Fri, 13 Dec 2019 13:45:52 -0500
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Andreas Dilger <adilger@...ger.ca>
Cc:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v3] ext4: simulate various I/O and checksum errors when
 reading metadata

On Sun, Dec 08, 2019 at 09:14:08PM -0700, Andreas Dilger wrote:
> 
> This should be marked unlikely(), as it is definitely one of the places
> that is legitimately rarely true.  Sorry for not pointing this out on
> the previous version of the patch.

Good point; thanks, I've made that change.

					- Ted