"Stephen C. Tweedie" wrote:
>
> if (maxsector < count || maxsector - count < sector) {
> /* Yecch */
> bh->b_state &= (1 << BH_Lock) | (1 << BH_Mapped);
>
> ...
>
> Folks, just which buffer flags do we want to preserve in this case?
>
Why do we want to clear any flags in there at all? To prevent
a storm of error messages from a buffer which has a silly block
number?
If so, how about setting a new state bit which causes subsequent
IO attempts to silently drop the IO on the floor?
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