Re: Fix(es) for ext2 fsync bug

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On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 11:11 -0800, Junfeng Yang wrote:
>         Hmm.  If jfs has the problem, it is a bug.  jfs is designed to
>         handle
>         this correctly.  I'm pretty sure I've fixed at least one bug
>         that 
>         eXplode has uncovered in the past.  I'm not sure what was
>         mentioned in
>         the presentation though.  I'd like any information about
>         current
>         problems in jfs.
> 
> 
> I believe you have fixed the JFS fsync bug, Dave.  It was caused by
> reusing a directory inode as a file inode.  If the machine crashes
> later, fsck would think this file is a directory, and clear all its
> data. 

Yeah.  That one was fixed a while back.  Thanks for clearing this up.

Shaggy

-- 
David Kleikamp
IBM Linux Technology Center

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