From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] quota: Fix possible infinite loop in quota code
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:05:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080710090553.GA21047@duck.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080709151254.9a36bdd8.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Wed 09-07-08 15:12:54, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:30:41 +0200 Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> wrote:
>
> > When quota structure is going to be dropped and it is dirty, quota code
> > tries to write it. If the write fails for some reason (e. g. transaction
> > cannot be started because the journal is aborted), we try writing again
> > and again and again... Fix the problem by clearing the dirty bit even if
> > the write failed.
>
> What do you consider the priority is here? Needed in 2.6.26? Backport to
> 2.6.25.x? Merge into 2.6.27 with a backport to 2.6.26.x and 2.6.25.x?
>
> Lots of options ;)
Since nobody has really seen it in the wild, I don't think it's urgent.
The bug has been there for 5 years or so without notice... I'd just let it
be included in 2.6.26.x maybe 2.6.25.x and push into 2.6.27.
Honza
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Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
SUSE Labs, CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-07-10 9:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-09 17:30 Jan Kara
2008-07-09 22:12 ` Andrew Morton
2008-07-10 9:05 ` Jan Kara [this message]
2008-07-10 9:13 ` Andrew Morton
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