Hi Surbhi, Just as a request --- could you start a new thread (this one is getting so long it's hard to follow)? And could you also include a reliable reproduction case? Many thanks!! -- Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html