On Fri, Mar 09, 2018 at 10:06:02AM +0200, Nikolay Borisov wrote: > >>> + * space cache has less free space, and both kernel just discard > >>> + * such cache. But if we find some case where free space cache > >>> + * has more free space, this means under certain case such > >>> + * cache can be loaded and cause double allocate. > >>> + * > >>> + * Detect such possibility here. > >>> + */ > >>> + if (diff > 0) > >>> + error( > >>> +"free space cache has more free space than block group item, this could > >>> leads to serious corruption, please contact btrfs developers"); > >> > >> I'm not entirely happy with this message. So they will post to the > >> mailing list saying something along the lines of "I got this message > >> what do I do no, please help". Better to output actionable data so that > >> the user can post it immediately. > > > > Unfortunately, this is already the situation we don't expect to see. > > > > What we really need is to know this could happen, and if possible some > > info about the situation. > > There is not much actionable data here. > > Fair enough, at the very least I think we should put information how to > contact btrfs developers. So put the address of the mailing list, I > don't think it's safe to assume people will be aware of it .
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