From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from hauptpostamt.charite.de (hauptpostamt.charite.de [193.175.73.10]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71AB4834 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 01:02:09 -0700 (MST) Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:02:05 +0100 From: Ralf Hildebrandt To: debian-hppa@lists.debian.org Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Message-ID: <20020225080205.GC32703@charite.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [parisc-linux] ext3 patch Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: 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) ------------------- - 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. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V A) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Virchow-Klinikum Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V A - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does.