linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 11/25] e2fsck: fix minor errors in journal handling

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Date:	Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:58:40 -0400
From:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/25] e2fsck: fix minor errors in journal handling

On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 04:12:48PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> The journal superblock's s_sequence field seems to track the tid of
> the tail (oldest) transaction in the log.  Therefore, when we release
> the journal, set the s_sequence to the tail_sequence, because setting
> it to the transaction_sequence means that we're setting the tid to
> that of the head of the log.  Granted, for replay these two are
> usually the same (and s_start == 0 anyway) so thus far we've gotten
> lucky and nobody noticed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>

Thanks, applied.

(Actually, for e2fsck for replay it will always be the same because
the journal *must* be completely replaied cleared before the rest of
e2fsck can be allowed to proceed.)

					- Ted

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