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Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2001 15:09:05 -0600
From: "Marc A. Ohmann" <marc@ds6.net>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1
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> Hi,
> 
> So here it goes 2.4.16-pre1. Obviously the most important fix is the
> iput() one, which probably fixes the filesystem corruption problem people
> have been seeing.
> 
> Please, people who have been experiencing the fs corruption problems test
> this and tell me its now working so I can release a final 2.4.16 ASAP.
> 
> 
> - Correctly sync inodes in iput()			(Alexander Viro)
> - Make pagecache readahead size tunable via /proc	(was in -ac tree)
> - Fix PPC kernel compilation problems			(Paul Mackerras)

I build Andrea's patch and everything seemed to work fine.  I am building 2.4.16-pre1 on two systems right now.  What can I check to test the iput() patch or any other patches?

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Marc A. Ohmann
Digital Solutions, Inc
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marc@ds6.net
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