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[xfs-masters] Re: filesystem corruption on xfs after 2.6.25-rc1 (bisecte

To: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [xfs-masters] Re: filesystem corruption on xfs after 2.6.25-rc1 (bisected, powerpc related?)
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:48:36 -0800
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Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Monday, 25 of February 2008, Eric Sandeen wrote:


>> If you're feeling motivated, maybe you can narrow it down to which of
>> the changes - xfs_highbit32, xfs_highbit64, xfs_lowbit32, or
>> xfs_lowbit64 - is causing the problem?  (or maybe they all are ...)
>>
>> Or maybe someone looking at the commit can immediately see the
>> problem... but I can't :)
> 
> Well, IMO a reproducible filesystem corruption is a serious enough issue
> for reverting all of the commits in question.

I'm not suggesting a partial revert; I just wonder which part of the
change is causing the problem, as part of the debugging process.

-Eric


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