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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: baum@actcom.co.il, stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: EXT2FS code from -current to -stable
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>I was wondering - is it possible to merge ext2fs code
>from -current to -stable, because -stable code is bugged
>it can not sync while rebooting.
>I heard it is fixed in current.

No, the fix in -current introduced worse bugs.  Now bitmaps
are not written in ext2_sbupdate(), so they are not synced
by sync() or fsync().  They are synced by unmount() and when
they are recycled.

Bruce