Re: ReiserFS / 2.4.6 / Data Corruption

Alan Cox
2001-07-27T22:10:11Z

> By the way, how about considering the use of tests before redhat coders put stuff in the linux
> kernel? You know, if VFS changes actually got tested before users encountered things like Viro
> breaking ReiserFS in 2.4.5, it would be nice.
> At Namesys, like all normal software shops, we actually run a test suite before shipping code
> externally. We usually try to require that it be tested by at least one person in addition to the
> code author.

*PLONK*

No doubt if Namesys ran test suites all the tail merging bug fiasco and the
directory/tree balance races wouldnt have happened.