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Re: [PATCH] fix dir2 shortform structures on ARM old ABI

To: David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix dir2 shortform structures on ARM old ABI
From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 08:07:54 -0500
Cc: xfs-oss <xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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David Chinner wrote:
> On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 03:55:45PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>> Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>> This should fix the longstanding issues with xfs and old ABI
>>>> arm boxes, which lead to various asserts and xfs shutdowns,
>>>> and for which an (incorrect) patch has been floating around
>>>> for years.  (Said patch made ARM internally consistent, but
>>>> altered the normal xfs on-disk format such that it looked
>>>> corrupted on other architectures):
>>>> http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/lurker/message/20040311.002034.5ecf21a2.html
>>> ping again...
>> ping #3...
> 
> <sigh>
> 
> Looks like if I don't pick it up then nobody is going to answer.
> I'll run it through my ia64 and x86_64 test boxes and if it's ok
> then I'll commit it.
> 
> Did you ever send an equivalent userspace patch?

I did ... I can resend too.

-Eric


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