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Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:32:24 -0700 From: Arthur Jones <ajones@...erbed.com> To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com> CC: "linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>, "sct@...hat.com" <sct@...hat.com>, "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: ext3: slow symlink corruption on umount... Hi Eric, ... On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:40:57AM -0700, Arthur Jones wrote: > [...] > return 2 at the top of write_cache_pages(). In the working > case, bdi_write_congested() returns 0 and the inodes are > found twice in the s_io list in generic_sync_sb_inodes, > first as i_state==7, where they are skipped, then a second > time as i_state==4, where ->writepage() is then called... To clarify, they are not on the list twice, rather a separate call to generic_sync_sb_inodes sees them again as i_state==4... Arthur -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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