Re: Assertion failed: atomic_read(&mp->m_active_trans)

Dave Chinner
2008-12-03T21:39:54Z

On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 05:48:49AM -0500, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> I'd rather fix it properly.

Sure, but in the mean time, I'd suggest changing it to a WARN_ON()
rather than an ASSERT(). That way we'll continue to have ppl bug us
about it until the VFS can support read-only remounts without racing
correctly.

Has that work been dropped on the floor, Christoph? We've
been holding off removing this ASSERT or adding the hack
I did to work around the common case of the assert triggering
based on the fact that the problem in the VFS would be fixed
in the next release. That was the case each release since
2.6.25 and there doesn't seem to be much progress...

> Do you guys have a somewhat reliable
> testcase hitting it?

I used to have one of the xfsqa tests hit it every so often,
but not what you'd call reliably....

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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