From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dmonakhov@openvz.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] ext4: symlink must be handled via filesystem specific operation Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:06:24 +0400 Message-ID: <876346zjgv.fsf@openvz.org> References: <1269620996-11400-1-git-send-email-dmonakhov@openvz.org> <1269620996-11400-2-git-send-email-dmonakhov@openvz.org> <1269620996-11400-3-git-send-email-dmonakhov@openvz.org> <20100404200516.GJ18524@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, jack@suse.cz To: tytso@mit.edu Return-path: Received: from mailhub.sw.ru ([195.214.232.25]:28686 "EHLO relay.sw.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754035Ab0DEDGe (ORCPT ); Sun, 4 Apr 2010 23:06:34 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20100404200516.GJ18524@thunk.org> (tytso@mit.edu's message of "Sun, 4 Apr 2010 16:05:16 -0400") Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: tytso@mit.edu writes: > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 07:29:56PM +0300, Dmitry Monakhov wrote: >> generic setattr implementation is no longer responsible for >> quota transfer so synlinks must be handled via ext4_setattr. > > Added to the ext4 patch queue; I've added a Signed-off-by: for you > Dmitry, per your e-mail to Jan Kara. > > (There seems to be some random confused people who think the > Signed-off-by has no legal significance, which is absolutely not true.) yep. Changed my gitconfig to prevent this type of things in future. BTW: IMHO This patch is also valid for all stable releases. Because currently chown is not journalled for symlinks. So journalled quota may becomes inconsistent after power-failure.