[linux-cifs-client] re: [BUG] CIFS won't link)

Steve French smfltc at us.ibm.com
Sat Dec 23 19:31:38 GMT 2006


You are right that cifs didn't call end_page_writeback(page) - wonder if this was the cause
of a rare corruption seen in writepages of very large files to Windows servers which was
difficult to track down.


Steve French wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, Ian McDonald wrote:
>>  
>>> Well I can compile it OK and link now so that's better.
>>>     
>>
>> No, as far as I'm concerned, compiling and linking is actually 
>> _worse_ if
>> the end result then causes horrible problems.
>>
>> Which is why I'll leave it in the non-compiling stage in the standard
>> kernel until I actually get somebody reporting whether the end result
>> actually works or not (or an ACK from a CIFS person).
>>
>>  
>>> I don't know really how to test but I'll tell you if CIFS interferes
>>> with my daschund.
>>>     
>>
>> Remember to send pictures.
>>
>>         Linus
>>
>>
>>   
>
> I am looking at the patch now, and it makes sense - but may also want 
> to run it by Shaggy who probably wrote this section of
> cifs_writepages originally.
>
Can anyone


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