Re: [Ext2-devel] Re: 2.4.9 kernel crash

Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Tue, 4 Dec 2001 00:33:50 +0000


Hi,

On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:16:05PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:

> There was a bug in ext3 which was fixed around about the 2.4.9
> timeframe. I don't know if the fix is present in that
> particular Red Hat kernel. It was fixed in ext3 0.9.8. The
> ext3 version number is displayed when you mount a filesystem.
>
> The 0.9.8 changelog says:
>
> - Fix an NFS oops when doing a local delete on an active, nfs-exported
> file.
>
> I never observed this bug - I think the fix came from Ted T'so. I
> do not know whether the bug manifested itself as "busy inodes
> after unmount". Perhaps Ted or Stephen can comment?

The NFS bug could present as "bit already cleared", but I don't think
I ever saw it leave busy inodes behind.

Cheers,
Stephen
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