linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: enable the lazy init thread when remounting read/write

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Date:   Tue, 30 May 2023 15:26:36 -0400
From:   "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: enable the lazy init thread when remounting read/write


On Fri, 26 May 2023 23:57:29 -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> In commit a44be64bbecb ("ext4: don't clear SB_RDONLY when remounting
> r/w until quota is re-enabled") we defer clearing tyhe SB_RDONLY flag
> in struct super.  However, we didn't defer when we checked sb_rdonly()
> to determine the lazy itable init thread should be enabled, with the
> next result that the lazy inode table initialization would not be
> properly started.  This can cause generic/231 to fail in ext4's
> nojournal mode.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] ext4: enable the lazy init thread when remounting read/write
      commit: 781c858c35c821f7055ccca73d27b6d1c77798b3

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>