Re: 2.4.15-pre9 breakage (inode.c)

[Alexander Viro]

On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> and it's slower and overlay complex compared to the right fix:
 
> --- 2.4.15aa1/fs/ext2/super.c.~1~	Fri Nov 23 08:21:00 2001
> +++ 2.4.15aa1/fs/ext2/super.c	Sat Nov 24 07:50:19 2001
> @@ -643,6 +643,7 @@
>  			printk(KERN_ERR "EXT2-fs: corrupt root inode, run e2fsck\n");
>  		} else
>  			printk(KERN_ERR "EXT2-fs: get root inode failed\n");
> +		invalidate_inodes(sb);
>  		goto failed_mount2;
>  	}
>  	ext2_setup_super (sb, es, sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY);

	It also fixes the problem for good for all filesystems.  As
for the speed - see previous posting.  It _is_ noise.  Comparison
with zero, test bit and two not taken branches.  In final iput().

	Seriously, check what else happens on that path.