Re: PROBLEM: Kernel bug in inode.c:885 when floppy disk removed

Manfred Spraul (manfred@colorfullife.com)
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 17:37:39 +0100

Alexander Viro wrote:
>
> - Doctor, it hurts when I do it!
> - Don't do it, then.
>
Interesting bugfix:
have you checked which BUG was triggered?

It's a bug in ext2_free_inode():
if a io error occurs, then clear_inode() is not called, but
super_operation.delete_inode() must call clear_inode() before returning.

--
	Manfred
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