Re: RESVSP problems

David Chinner
2007-05-25T11:25:06Z

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:24:23PM +0200, Å?ukasz Fibinger wrote:
> On Friday 25 of May 2007, you wrote:
> > On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 01:24:52PM +0200, Å?ukasz Fibinger wrote:
> > > >>> You've probably hit:
> > > >>> http://oss.sgi.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=418
> > > >>> unwritten extents remain unwritten after mmap() modifies them
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Bug dchinner about it... ;-)
> > > >>
> > > >> Dave, consider it a bugging from my humble self :-)
> > > >
> > > > Yeah, yeah ;)
> > > >
> > > > I'm waiting to see what happens with Nick's patches in .22 before
> > > > going any further. If they are not merged into .22, then I think we
> > > > should push the XFS specific fix in....
> > >
> > > I wonder, what's the status of it, Dave?
> >
> > A couple of days ago:
> >
> > http://marc.info/?l=linux-mm&m=117988295814519&w=2
> >
>
> I see. If that's the case, would sharing your 2.6.21 XFS specific fixes (you
> have them, right?) with me be any problem for you?

The original XFS specific code was here:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=117080251026985&w=2

But if you want to patch your own kernel, I suggest that
you use the latest generic version I posted here:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=117426058311029&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=117426070111133&w=2

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group