[Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 1/2] ocfs2: set xh_free_start when xattr header in inode/block

[Joel Becker]

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 03:13:24PM +0800, Tiger Yang wrote:
> Hi, Joel and Mark,
>
> I suddenly found there might be a potential problem in this patch.
>
> If user setting EAs sometimes with .28 kernel and sometimes with .29 
> kernel, xh_free_start will go stale. And fsck will make it worse.
>
> If this really a problem I withdraw this patch but I think the second patch 
> is OK.

Tiger,
	I think you are right.  We're going to have to give up on
updating xh_free_start in inode/block.  fsck will just have to try to
verify that the entrys and values don't overlap.
	Please respin the second patch without the first, code up fsck
appropriately.

Joel

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