ext3 patch
The recent ext3 patch on
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/
( http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/ext3-2.4-0.9.17-2418p3.gz ) applies cleanly to 2.4.17-pa30 -- I recommend committing it to the kernel CVS tree, since
a) It will be in 2.4.18 anyway
b) it fixes some problems:
0.9.17 12 Jan 2002 (Included in 2.4.18-pre5)
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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.
- Buffer locking fix which could cause corruption if a process is reading rom the underlying block device while journal recovery is in progress.
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Quoted 9 lines · Ralf Hildebrandt
The recent ext3 patch on
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/( http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/ext3-2.4-0.9.17-2418p3.gz ) applies cleanly to 2.4.17-pa30 -- I recommend committing it to the kernel CVS tree, since
a) It will be in 2.4.18 anyway
b) it fixes some problems:
I'd rather not apply patches which will be in 2.4.18 anyway -- it makes the merge harder.
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Quoted 1 line · Ralf Hildebrandt
a) It will be in 2.4.18 anyway
If it will be in 2.4.18, I expect merging everything from 2.4.18 in one shot would be easier. If you give me a clean diff, I'd be happy to post that on ftp.p-l.org/patches
thanks,
grant