ext3-2.4-0.9.16
A small ext3 update. It fixes a few hard-to-hit but potentially serious problems. The patch is against 2.4.18-pre3, and is also applicable to 2.4.17.
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/ext3-2.4-0.9.17-2418p3.gz
0.9.17 12 Jan 2002
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- Cleanup from Manfred Spraul which provides better randomisation of inode generation numbers.
- A locking fix which prevents possible panics when an application is using ioctl(FIBMAP) against a loaded filesystem.
- Buffer locking fix for journal descriptor buffers - fixes the "end_request: buffer-list destroyed" crash which can occur under heavy VM load.
- Fix a buffer locking problem which could cause corruption if a process is reading from the underlying block device while journal recovery is in progress.
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Quoted 3 lines · Andrew Morton
A small ext3 update. It fixes a few hard-to-hit but potentially serious problems. The patch is against 2.4.18-pre3, and is also applicable to 2.4.17.
I didn't see any feedback so I wanted to confirm success on my 2.4.18-pre4 UP machine. Survived prolonged use and some initial stressing. Good job.
Robert Love
Same on 2-way 1GB and 6-way 4GB boxes where I could easily reproduce one of the issues.
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Ken. [email protected]
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 06:10:29PM -0500, Robert Love wrote:
| On Fri, 2002-01-11 at 01:00, Andrew Morton wrote: | > A small ext3 update. It fixes a few hard-to-hit but potentially | > serious problems. The patch is against 2.4.18-pre3, and is also | > applicable to 2.4.17. | | I didn't see any feedback so I wanted to confirm success on my | 2.4.18-pre4 UP machine. Survived prolonged use and some initial | stressing. Good job. | | Robert Love | | - | To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in | the body of a message to [email protected] | More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html | Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Similar experience here. Has withstood abuse on my UP and SMP machines (a variety of 2.4.17 and 2.4.18-pre4). Thanks!
Quoted 8 lines · Robert Love
Quoted 3 lines · Andrew Morton
A small ext3 update. It fixes a few hard-to-hit but potentially serious problems. The patch is against 2.4.18-pre3, and is also applicable to 2.4.17.
I didn't see any feedback so I wanted to confirm success on my 2.4.18-pre4 UP machine. Survived prolonged use and some initial stressing. Good job.
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