linux-kernel - Re: Wrong DIF guard tag on ext2 write

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Date:	Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:16:35 -0400
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@...ibm.com>
Cc:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Wrong DIF guard tag on ext2 write

>>>>> "Christof" == Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@...ibm.com> writes:

>> Yep, known bug.  Page writeback locking is messed up for buffer_head
>> users.  The extNfs folks volunteered to look into this a while back
>> but I don't think they have found the time yet.

Christof> Thanks for the info. This means that this bug appears with all
Christof> filesystems?

XFS and btrfs should be fine.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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