[oe] [PATCH] linux-2.6.24: avoid kernel error if ubifs superblock read fails

Tom Rini tom_rini at mentor.com
Mon Sep 27 20:15:14 UTC 2010


Steffen Sledz wrote:
> Am 27.09.2010 09:40, schrieb Frans Meulenbroeks:
>>>> * .get_sb is called on mounts with automatic fs detection too, so this
>>>>   function should not print an error if it cannot read the superblock
>>>>   (new behaviour conforms the other fs types)
>>>> ...
>> Hm, I have some concerns:
>>
>> the first concern is that mainline 2.6.34 still has the code you have deleted.
>> I'd expect that others would have bumped into this too and that it
>> would have been fixed this upstream.
>> Since it isn't, chances are that upstream might have fixed the autofs
>> detection in a different way.  If they do this differently maybe we
>> should backport that solution.
> 
> I've suggested the same patch at the LKML and informed the UBIFS authors. But i do believe because of it's "low prio" it will need some time to go into the mainline.

So it is queued somewhere then?

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Tom Rini
Mentor Graphics Corporation




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