linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] ext4: don't increase iversion counter for ea

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Date:   Thu, 29 Sep 2022 10:58:25 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, lczerner@...hat.com
Cc:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, jlayton@...nel.org,
        ebiggers@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, david@...morbit.com,
        brauner@...nel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] ext4: don't increase iversion counter for ea_inodes

On Wed, 24 Aug 2022 18:03:47 +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> ea_inodes are using i_version for storing part of the reference count so
> we really need to leave it alone.
> 
> The problem can be reproduced by xfstest ext4/026 when iversion is
> enabled. Fix it by not calling inode_inc_iversion() for EXT4_EA_INODE_FL
> inodes in ext4_mark_iloc_dirty().
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/3] ext4: don't increase iversion counter for ea_inodes
      commit: 6c7c5ade428cc65b58e4aba1925b5347970f4456
[2/3] fs: record I_DIRTY_TIME even if inode already has I_DIRTY_INODE
      commit: 625e1e67b66245b93ccae868cd4a950d257de003
[3/3] ext4: unconditionally enable the i_version counter
      commit: 59772a0cb09a7ec77362653e8be207a464fa04af

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>