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

[Mark Goodwin <markgw@xxxxxxx>]

Just realized you can't read the ils threads. But you can read this one:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/13268

-- Mark

Mark Goodwin wrote:
> Eric Sandeen wrote:
> > heh, thanks Mark.  Even though it's only CORRUPTION ON ARM I guess the
> > shouting worked.  :)
>
> Well, we're dealing with apparent insidious corruption after
> failed btree AG allocations (which aren't supposed to fail).
> This seems to stem from the fixes for the ENOSPC deadlock bugs
> (two years ago, see below). you and Nathan probably remember
> this ..?
>
> Timothy Shimmin wrote:
> > Okay some history in xfs-dev archives on this bug...
> > plenty of reading here :)
> > Reverse chronological order with initial report from
> > guy at NEC:
> >
> > May 2006
> > Review thread b/w Nathan and Ying Ping:
> > http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200605/msg00128.html
> >
> > April 2006
> > Thread - dgc, Ying, nathan
> > http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200604/msg00005.html
> >
> > March 2006 - 2 threads
> > http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200603/msg00002.html
> > http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200603/msg00140.html
> >
> > Feb 2006
> > http://ils.corp.sgi.com/Archives/xfs-dev/200602/msg00062.html
> > Initial report and suggested test case by Asano Masahiro - NEC
> > (fwd'ed by Eric).
> > Plenty of commentary by Asano.
> > Thread - including comments by Steve Lord:
> > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.xfs.general/13268 

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 Mark Goodwin                                  markgw@xxxxxxx
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