Re: [PATCH] fix dir2 shortform structures on ARM old ABI

[Mark Goodwin <markgw@sgi.com>]

Just realized you can't read the ils threads. But you can read this one:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/13268

-- Mark

Mark Goodwin wrote:
> 
> 
> Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>
>> heh, thanks Mark.  Even though it's only CORRUPTION ON ARM I guess the
>> shouting worked.  :)
> 
> Well, we're dealing with apparent insidious corruption after
> failed btree AG allocations (which aren't supposed to fail).
> This seems to stem from the fixes for the ENOSPC deadlock bugs
> (two years ago, see below). you and Nathan probably remember
> this ..?
> 
> Timothy Shimmin wrote:
>> Okay some history in xfs-dev archives on this bug...
>> plenty of reading here :)
>> Reverse chronological order with initial report from
>> guy at NEC:
>>
>> May 2006
>> Review thread b/w Nathan and Ying Ping:
>> http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200605/msg00128.html
>>
>> April 2006
>> Thread - dgc, Ying, nathan
>> http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200604/msg00005.html
>>
>> March 2006 - 2 threads
>> http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200603/msg00002.html
>> http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200603/msg00140.html
>>
>> Feb 2006
>> http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200602/msg00062.html
>> Initial report and suggested test case by Asano Masahiro - NEC
>> (fwd'ed by Eric).
>> Plenty of commentary by Asano.
>> Thread - including comments by Steve Lord:
>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/13268 
> 

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