Re: [PATCH 1/4] ext3: Fix ext3_dx_readdir hash collision handling

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Sep 17 2008 - 15:20:53 EST


On Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:32:48 -0400
"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> This fixes a bug where readdir() would return a directory entry twice
> if there was a hash collision in an hash tree indexed directory.

That sounds like a serious problem, but given the amount of time it
took to turn up, I guess it's pretty rare.

What are your thoughts regarding a 2.6.27 merge for this? 2.6.26.x?
2.6.25.x? ...

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