Re: ext3 merge causing problems?

[Nathan Scott <nathans@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 11:05:52AM +1300, mdew wrote:
> 
> is this the reason why pre2/pre3 hasnt been merged into CVS yet? :)
> 
> from.. http://kt.zork.net/kernel-traffic/kt20011112_141.html
> 
> * There is an interaction failure between ext3 and the current Extended
> Attributes and Access Control Lists patch which leads to crashes under
> heavy load on SMP. This is possibly due to a subtle API change between
> ext3 in 2.2 and 2.4 kernels (ie: I broke it). On the to-do list.
> 

No, that wasn't the reason - we currently use different EA code
to the patch refered to above.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan