On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 11:26:28AM -0500, Kamal Dasu wrote: > > ?xfs: only lock the rt bitmap inode once per allocation > > ?xfs: fix xfs_get_extsz_hint for a zero extent size hint > > ?xfs: add lockdep annotations for the rt inodes > > > > But in general the RT subvolume code is not regularly tested and only > > fixed when issues arise. > > > Thanks for quick reply and clarifying this, if upgrading the kernel is > not an option, should I be > considering backporting changes to 2.6.37, should I use the entire > 2.6.39 or 3.0 > xfs implementation as is of cherry pick the above three changes ?. I don't remember if we have other changes in that area. If backporting the changes is easy enough, go for it, if not stick to your original workaround. Either way make sure you don't introduce other regressions by running xfstests. _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs