linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] XFS update for 2.6.23

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.0.999.0710010753500.3579@woody.linux-foundation.org>
Date:	Mon, 1 Oct 2007 08:02:37 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Tim Shimmin <tes@....com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] XFS update for 2.6.23 - revert a commit



On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Tim Shimmin wrote:
> 
> Lachlan's description:
>     This fix is for a problem that has been in XFS since day one.
>     [XFS] Avoid replaying inode buffer initialisation log items if on-disk version is newer.
	...

Why wasn't this in the commit logs? Now it just says it was reverted, with 
no actual reasoning *why*. And it apparently wasn't so obvious that no 
such reasoning is needed.

Gah. I ended up amending the commit and updating it with the comment.

		Linus
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