Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755481AbXJAPDW (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:03:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751935AbXJAPDM (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:03:12 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:56255 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754895AbXJAPDK (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:03:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 08:02:37 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Tim Shimmin cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xfs@oss.sgi.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] XFS update for 2.6.23 - revert a commit In-Reply-To: <20071001072350.DF61C58C4C0A@chook.melbourne.sgi.com> Message-ID: References: <20071001072350.DF61C58C4C0A@chook.melbourne.sgi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 736 Lines: 21 On Mon, 1 Oct 2007, Tim Shimmin wrote: > > Lachlan's description: > This fix is for a problem that has been in XFS since day one. > [XFS] Avoid replaying inode buffer initialisation log items if on-disk version is newer. ... Why wasn't this in the commit logs? Now it just says it was reverted, with no actual reasoning *why*. And it apparently wasn't so obvious that no such reasoning is needed. Gah. I ended up amending the commit and updating it with the comment. Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/