Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:14:38 +0200
Andrei Popa <andrei.popa@i-neo.ro> wrote:

> > - mount the fs with ext2 with the no-buffer-head option.  That means either:
> > 
> >   grub.conf:  rootfstype=ext2 rootflags=nobh
> >   /etc/fstab: ext2 nobh
> 
> ierdnac ~ # mount
> /dev/sda7 on / type ext2 (rw,noatime,nobh)
> 
> I have corruption.
> 
> > 
> > - mount the fs with ext3 data=writeback, nobh
> > 
> >   grub.conf:  rootfstype=ext3 rootflags=nobh,data=writeback  (I hope this works)
> >   /etc/fstab: ext2 data=writeback,nobh
> 
> ierdnac ~ # mount
> /dev/sda7 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime,nobh)
> 
> ierdnac ~ # dmesg|grep EXT3
> EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with writeback data mode.
> EXT3 FS on sda7, internal journal
> 
> I don't have corruption. I tested twice.

This is a surprising result.  Can you pleas retest ext3 data=writeback,nobh?
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