ext3 updates for 2.4.20

[Net Llama!]

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Ken Moffat wrote:
> Andrew Morton (by way of Douglas J Hunley ) wrote:
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> >There are three patches at
> >
> >	http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/2.4/2.4.20/
> >
> >sync_fs.patch:
> >	Fix the ext3 data=journal data-loss-on-unmount bug
> >
> >sync_fs-fix.patch:
> >	Fix sync_fs.patch to not deadlock the fs when running
> >	`mount -o remount' against a heavily loaded filesystem.
> >
> >ext3-use-after-free.patch
> >	Fix a use-after-free bug which can cause memory corruption
> >	if the filesystem runs out of space, or runs out of free
> >	inodes.
> >
> >
> >Instructions for downloading and applying these patches are at
> >
> >	http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/ext3/
> >
> >
> Can I apply these if I have already applied the patch that was posted
> here last week?

My guess would be no, since they should theoretically conlifct if they're
fixing the same problem.  But you've got nothing to lose by trying.

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