linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.6.26-mmotm-0724 - linux-next.git loses /proc/sys/fs/quota, breaks disk quotas

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Message-ID: <29790.1217138011@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:53:31 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@....cz>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: 2.6.26-mmotm-0724 - linux-next.git loses /proc/sys/fs/quota, breaks disk quotas

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 06:17:02 BST, Al Viro said:
> Wait... I remember fixing exactly that, but the fix is not in there...
> Bugger.  Botched "fold on reorder", fortunately still findable in old local
> branch.

I guess we're fortunate that you remembered and found the fix - else this
would quickly have degenerated into a "How did it *ever* work?"..

> Sigh... Why does that stuff show up after 10 days in linux-next, about
> 5 minutes after seeing it merged into mainline?  Murphy's fun...

I have to conclude that I'm the first person who actually tried the quota
support against either a linux-next or -mmotm kernel in the last 2 weeks,
which says something about our testing coverage.

Looking at the patch, I have to wonder what *else* was broken and nobody
noticed...

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