Excerpts from Calvin Walton's message of 2011-04-01 13:56:51 -0400: > On Thu, 2011-03-31 at 18:59 -0400, Josef Bacik wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 05:06:42PM -0400, Calvin Walton wrote: > > > On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 17:19 -0400, Josef Bacik wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > Just found a big bug in the free space caching stuff that will result > > > > in > > > > early ENOSPC. I'm working on fixing this bug, but it won't be until > > > > tomorrow that I'll have it completely working, so for now make sure to > > > > mount -o clear_cache so that it just clears the cache and doesn't use > > > > it. > > > > Yeah it affects any kernel that has the free space cache feature, which I > > think > > started in .37. Course you have to have specifically enabled it, so it's > > not a > > huge problem. I've submitted a patch, but since it's currently an optional > > feature I don't think it needs to go to stable. Thanks, > > If you don't think the full fix is appropriate for the stable kernel, > what about sending a simple patch to stable that just disables the free > space caching support? > > That should be enough to stop any adventurous users (of the kind who > don't read mailing lists) from trying the free space caching support, > and possibly hitting this bug. >
We'll have a known stable patch for this shortly, I'd rather do that and send it back to the stable kernels. -chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
