On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 02:47:22AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: (...) > > > This seems to be working around a bug elsewhere. Has the underlying > > > bug been fixed in mainline yet? > > > > > > > Yes, the bug was fixed in: > > > > 03179fe92318e7934c180d96f12eff2cb36ef7b6 > > ext4: undo ext4_calc_metadata_amount if we fail to claim space > > OK, and that's been applied to stable as: > > 3.2: d9af293 ext4: undo ext4_calc_metadata_amount if we fail to claim space > 3.4: c0ce1fd ext4: undo ext4_calc_metadata_amount if we fail to claim space > 3.5: 564dfa3 ext4: undo ext4_calc_metadata_amount if we fail to claim space > > Presumably it will need some backporting for older versions.
OK. I have checked the code, and it changed significantly since. I can still see the logic there, but function names and calculations differ, so I'd rather defer this patch for next version. Willy -- 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/
