[PATCH 0/2] [Jaunty] UBUNTU: ext4: Print the find_group_flex() warning only once

[Stefan Bader]

Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> SRU Justification:
> 
> Impact: In Jaunty, the syslog is getting flooded with "ext4:
> find_group_flex failed, fallback succeeded dir" messages that could
> result in the logs filling up.
> 
> Fix: Backport two simple patches to print the find_group_flex() warning
> only once
> 
> Testcase: Install and run a default Jaunty kernel and confirm that the
> logs may sometimes fill with repeated warnings of "ext4: find_group_flex
> failed, fallback succeeded dir". Reinstall with a patched Jaunty kernel
> and this warning should only appear once.
> 
> The following changes since commit 5dbbcb81f3124fbdaef51f6874531f5dbc343886:
>   Scott Moser (1):
>         include drivers/pci/hotplug/* in -virtual package
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ogasawara/ubuntu-jaunty.git lp367065
> 
> Chuck Ebbert (1):
>       ext4: really print the find_group_flex fallback warning only once
> 
> Theodore Ts'o (1):
>       ext4: Print the find_group_flex() warning only once
> 
>  fs/ext4/ialloc.c |    5 ++++-
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> 
This only has impact on the messages and clearly limits the rate of output. ACK

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