From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list xfs); Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:48:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cuda.sgi.com ([192.48.176.15]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id m555mFSN021516 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:48:15 -0700 Received: from sandeen.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cuda.sgi.com (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id 982CA1783482 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 22:49:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sandeen.net (sandeen.net [209.173.210.139]) by cuda.sgi.com with ESMTP id 1zXtNRrfd0iKX51a for ; Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:49:09 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48477E54.9090309@sandeen.net> Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:49:08 -0500 From: Eric Sandeen MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix dir2 shortform structures on ARM old ABI References: <47DB4181.7040603@sandeen.net> <480E89B5.8070006@sandeen.net> <481B7FD1.3030107@sandeen.net> <20080505070847.GH155679365@sgi.com> <481FDCD1.2010905@sgi.com> <4820609C.9090306@sandeen.net> <48477BD6.2020909@sandeen.net> <48477DA3.8090602@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <48477DA3.8090602@sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: xfs To: markgw@sgi.com Cc: Timothy Shimmin , xfs-oss Mark Goodwin wrote: > > Eric Sandeen wrote: >> Eric Sandeen wrote: >>> Timothy Shimmin wrote: >>>> David Chinner wrote: >>>>> 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... >>>>> >> Guys, this is SIMPLE, SAFE, and it fixes a CORRUPTION BUG. >> is it EVER going to get checked in? > > Please take it in Tim, that nasty CORRUPTION word caught my attention :) > > Cheers heh, thanks Mark. Even though it's only CORRUPTION ON ARM I guess the shouting worked. :) Seriously though if you guys have any problems with it please let me know but I don't want it to just get dropped. -Eric