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

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Message-ID: <47018D3C.9070409@sgi.com>
Date:	Tue, 02 Oct 2007 10:13:48 +1000
From:	Timothy Shimmin <tes@....com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
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

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> 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

Yeah, sorry about that.
It occurred to me later on.
I initially converted the sgi-mod (undo mod) to a git commit and
then discovered git-revert and thought, hey I'll use that
instead but then forgot to add all the text into it.
D'oh. Thanks for the fixup.

--Tim
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