[patch] fix the ext3 data=journal unmount bug

Ken Moffat kmoffat
Mon May 17 11:41:15 PDT 2004


David A. Bandel wrote:

save the patch:

>cut the text, the first line should be:
>- - --- linux-akpm/fs/buffer.c~sync_fs    Thu Dec  5 21:33:56 2002
>
>the last line is the - just before the signature.  Make sure you don't
>wrap any lines cutting and pasting between the message and the patch file.
>
>assuming your kernel source is /usr/src/linux, save the patch in /usr/src
>as ext3.patch and cd linux
>
>I suggest you "dry-run" the patch first (test it):
>
>patch -p1 --dry-run < ../ext3.patch
>
>If you get no failures (you will if you put the XFS patch on), then remove
>the --dry-run and go again.
>
>If you decide you don't want the patch anymore, just do:
>
>patch -p1 -R < ../ext3.patch
>
>and all will be reversed.
>
>
>  
>
Oops, failure... I'm using libranet, with kernel 2.4.20 from kernel.org, 
if that matters.

# patch -p1 --dry-run < ../ext3.patch
patching file fs/buffer.c
patching file include/linux/fs.h
patching file fs/super.c
patching file fs/ext3/super.c
Hunk #3 FAILED at 1580.
1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file fs/ext3/super.c.rej


-- 
Ken Moffat
kmoffat at drizzle.com






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