2009/8/21 Jens Axboe <jens.ax...@oracle.com>:
> On Fri, Aug 21 2009, Yan, Zheng  wrote:
>> 2009/8/21 Jens Axboe <jens.ax...@oracle.com>:
>> > On Thu, Aug 20 2009, Yan, Zheng  wrote:
>> >> 2009/8/20 Nick Piggin <npig...@suse.de>:
>> >> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:59:07AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> >> >> On Wed, Aug 19 2009, Nick Piggin wrote:
>> >> >> > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:46:59AM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> >> >> > > On Wed, Aug 19 2009, Nick Piggin wrote:
>> >> >> > > > See my other reply. It *can* work with key aliases, but this 
>> >> >> > > > particular
>> >> >> > > > code does not.
>> >> >> > > >
>> >> >> > > > It is pretty easy obviously to put in duplicates because the 
>> >> >> > > > rbtree
>> >> >> > > > code doesn't know about keys, but if we do this then it looks 
>> >> >> > > > like
>> >> >> > > > it might cause the search code to miss some valid inodes and 
>> >> >> > > > instead
>> >> >> > > > return freeing inodes -- so you'd also have to look at that and 
>> >> >> > > > update
>> >> >> > > > it which is why I didn't go down this route..
>> >> >> > >
>> >> >> > > Mine was just a generic statement, I didn't read the btrfs code 
>> >> >> > > (hence
>> >> >> > > my comment about potential lookup bug, if you allow aliases you 
>> >> >> > > have to
>> >> >> > > be careful).
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Ah ok. Well yeah in this case btrfs is definitely wrong in the way it
>> >> >> > tried to insert aliases.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I looked at the actual problem now and I agree, it cannot work that 
>> >> >> way.
>> >> >> I don't know if Linus is planning another -rc, we should probably get
>> >> >> this upstream sooner rather than later. Chris is away this week, so if
>> >> >> we can get Yan to agree on this patch as well, I'll submit it.
>> >> > I think the first patch I submitted was agreed?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Of course, thank you.
>> > Yan, are you sending this upstream?
>>
>> No.  Jens, please submit it. Thanks
> Will do. Can I add your acked-by?

Acked-by: Yan Zheng <zheng....@oracle.com>

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