Re: [PATCH] Fix use after free when closing log/rt devices

[Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 02, 2008 at 11:59:20AM +1000, Timothy Shimmin wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 04:39:39PM +1000, Mark Goodwin wrote:
> >> do we have any QA tests that test external log?
> > 
> > Most QA tests will use the external log if you set it up that way.  But
> > ithout slab poisoning this won't be noticed either.
> 
> I think you need:
>   USE_EXTERNAL=yes
>   SCRATCH_LOGDEV=somelogdevice
>   TEST_LOGDEV=somelogdevice
> to get the scratch and test mounts using an external log.

Yes. Typically I used to use SCRATCH_LOGDEV=/dev/ram0 so I didn't
need another block device on the machine just for an external
log on a throw-away filesystem....

> There are no explicit external log tests (logdev=) that I can see.

It should be easy to write one using files and multiple
loopback devices.

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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