Re: [PATCH] ext4: Do not destroy ext4_groupinfo_caches if ext4_mb_init() fails

Theodore Ts'o
2014-05-12T16:50:02Z

On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 05:08:41PM +0200, Lukáš Czerner wrote:
> >
> > Caches from 'ext4_groupinfo_caches' may be in use by other mounts, which have already existed.
> > So, it is incorrect to destroy them when newly requested mount fails.
> >
> > Found by Linux File System Verification project (linuxtesting.org).
>
> Makes sense, thanks! Can you please share the test case which
> triggered this ? It might be worth including in xfstests.
>
> Reviewed-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com>

Thanks, applied.

- Ted
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