Re: [PATCH 1/3] xfs: don't shutdown log recovery on validation errors

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Hi Dave,

On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 12:17:24PM -0400, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 11:09:40AM -0500, Ben Myers wrote:
> 
>  > > > I think your suggestion that non-debug systems could warn instead of
>  > > > fail is a good one, but removing the verifier altogether is
>  > > > inappropriate.
>  > > 
>  > > Changing every single verifier in a non-trivial way is not something
>  > > I'm about to do for a -rc6 kernel. Removing the verifiers from log
>  > > recovery just reverts to the pre-3.8 situation, so is perfectly
>  > > acceptable short term solution while we do the more invasive verify
>  > > changes.
>  > > 
>  > > > Can you make the metadump available?  I need to understand this better
>  > > > before I can sign off.  Also:  Any idea how far back this one goes?
>  > > 
>  > > No, I can't make the metadump available to you - it was provided
>  > > privately and not obfuscated and so you'd have to ask Dave for it.
>  > 
>  > Dave (Jones), could you make the metadump available to me?  I'd like to
>  > understand this a little bit better.  I'm a bit uncomfortable with the
>  > proposition that we should corrupt silently in this case...
> 
> Sorry, I don't have it any more.   I'll see if I can recreate the problem
> next week and prepare another dump.

Much appreciated.  Thanks!

-Ben

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