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From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
Cc: "'linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com'" <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>,
	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, RFC] xfs: don't break from growfs ag update loop on error
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2013 08:08:24 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130909220824.GV12779@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <522E3142.7090501@sandeen.net>

On Mon, Sep 09, 2013 at 03:36:18PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 8/15/13 1:15 PM, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > When xfs_growfs_data_private() is updating backup superblocks,
> > it bails out on the first error encountered, whether reading or
> > writing:
> 
> Any thoughts on this one?  W/ the verifiers, we have a higher
> chance of encountering an error, and leaving the rest of the
> supers un-updated.  Repair will then possibly revert the fs to
> it's pre-growfs state, and data loss will ensue...

Sorry, I must have missed this. I remember discussing it with you.
The change looks fine to me, but I haven't tested it at all.

Acked-by: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com

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  reply	other threads:[~2013-09-09 22:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-15 18:15 [PATCH, RFC] xfs: don't break from growfs ag update loop on error Eric Sandeen
2013-09-09 20:36 ` Eric Sandeen
2013-09-09 22:08   ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2013-09-10 15:21   ` Mark Tinguely
2013-09-10 15:23     ` Eric Sandeen

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