E2fsck now updates the global free block and
inode counters from the block group specific counters
quietly. This is needed for an experimental patch which
eliminates locking the entire filesystem when allocating
blocks or inodes; if the filesystem is not unmounted
cleanly, the global counts may not be accurate.
diff --git a/e2fsck/ChangeLog b/e2fsck/ChangeLog
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+2003-04-05 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
+
+ * super.c (check_super_block): Update the global free block and
+ inode counters from the block group specific counters
+ quietly. This is needed for an experimental patch which
+ eliminates locking the entire filesystem when allocating
+ blocks or inodes; if the filesystem is not unmounted
+ cleanly, the global counts may not be accurate.
+
2003-03-17 Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
* util.c: Explicitly declare e2fsck_global_ctx as extern for the