Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:06:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:06:14 -0500 Received: from vasquez.zip.com.au ([203.12.97.41]:31503 "EHLO vasquez.zip.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 11 Jan 2002 01:06:04 -0500 Message-ID: <3C3E7F89.AB2F629@zip.com.au> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 22:00:41 -0800 From: Andrew Morton X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18pre1 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: lkml , "ext3-users@redhat.com" Subject: ext3-2.4-0.9.16 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org A small ext3 update. It fixes a few hard-to-hit but potentially serious problems. The patch is against 2.4.18-pre3, and is also applicable to 2.4.17. http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/ext3-2.4-0.9.17-2418p3.gz 0.9.17 12 Jan 2002 ------------------- - Cleanup from Manfred Spraul which provides better randomisation of inode generation numbers. - A locking fix which prevents possible panics when an application is using ioctl(FIBMAP) against a loaded filesystem. - Buffer locking fix for journal descriptor buffers - fixes the "end_request: buffer-list destroyed" crash which can occur under heavy VM load. - Fix a buffer locking problem which could cause corruption if a process is reading from the underlying block device while journal recovery is in progress. - - 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/