linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and prune

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Date:	Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:01:56 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs: remove inode_lock from iput_final and
 prune_icache

On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 07:50:23AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Le mercredi 27 octobre 2010 ?? 06:25 +0100, Al Viro a ??crit :
> > "i\xe1\xb9\x89ode_lock", i.e. 'n' turned into U+1E49, aka "latin small letter
> > n with line below".  I doubt that it's MTA braindamage.
> > 
> > In the first patch there's 
> > 
> > - * invalidate_inodes    - attempt to free all inodes on a
> > + * nvalidate_inodes    - attempt to free all inodes on a
> > 
> > and I _really_ doubt that anything in mail system is capable of something
> > that elaborate.
> 
> Again, I can not see it in my copy, I checked lkml archives too :
> 
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2010/10/27/7
> 
> Mail was fine, maybe your file system is corrupted ?

fs corruption inserting pieces like that?  Then we have a serious trouble
of HAL kind...

It's not a result of rediff; it's plain vi /var/mail/$USER...
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