From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Mon, 05 May 2008 00:08:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from larry.melbourne.sgi.com (larry.melbourne.sgi.com [134.14.52.130]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with SMTP id m4578CPJ030674 for ; Mon, 5 May 2008 00:08:15 -0700 Date: Mon, 5 May 2008 17:08:47 +1000 From: David Chinner Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix dir2 shortform structures on ARM old ABI Message-ID: <20080505070847.GH155679365@sgi.com> References: <47DB4181.7040603@sandeen.net> <480E89B5.8070006@sandeen.net> <481B7FD1.3030107@sandeen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <481B7FD1.3030107@sandeen.net> Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: Eric Sandeen Cc: xfs-oss On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 03:55:45PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote: > Eric Sandeen wrote: > > Eric Sandeen wrote: > >> This should fix the longstanding issues with xfs and old ABI > >> arm boxes, which lead to various asserts and xfs shutdowns, > >> and for which an (incorrect) patch has been floating around > >> for years. (Said patch made ARM internally consistent, but > >> altered the normal xfs on-disk format such that it looked > >> corrupted on other architectures): > >> http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/lurker/message/20040311.002034.5ecf21a2.html > > > > ping again... > > ping #3... Looks like if I don't pick it up then nobody is going to answer. I'll run it through my ia64 and x86_64 test boxes and if it's ok then I'll commit it. Did you ever send an equivalent userspace patch? Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner Principal Engineer SGI Australian Software Group