From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [EXT4 set 5][PATCH 1/1] expand inode i_extra_isize to support
	features in larger inode
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:43:35 +0200
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On Fri, 2007-07-13 at 14:47 -0700, Zach Brown wrote:
> > I fear the consequences of this change :(
> 
> I love it.  In the past I've lost time by working with patches which
> didn't quite realize that ext3 holds a transaction open during
> ->direct_IO.
> 
> > Oh well, please keep it alive, maybe beat on it a bit, resend it
> > later on?
> 
> I can test the patch to make sure that it catches mistakes I've made in
> the past. 

That would be much appreciated.

>  Peter, do you have any interest in seeing how far we can get
> at tracking lock_page()?  I'm not holding my breath, but any little bit
> would probably help.

Yeah I'm going to try that one next..