Re: 2.6.20 ext3 fix backported to Debian?
On Sat, 2007-01-13 at 12:20 +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> To start, I think you're asking this on the wrong list. There is
> probably is nothing amd64 or even 64-bit about this, and it's probably a
> general bug. debian-kernel@lists.debian.org would be a better list to
> ask such questions.
I'll try to remember that. Sometimes I email from the hip...
> Anyway, I have no idea what bug you're talking about. I know about
> corruption caused by msync(), which doesn't have anything to do with
> ext3, it affects all filesystems.
>
> This bug is actually present in Debian's 2.6.18-3 kernels because
> of a backport of 2.6.19 and should get fixed before the release.
> Debian's kernel team is actually the one that tracked which change
> caused it.
>
> See http://bugs.debian.org/401006 and related bugs.
Aha. Yes, that sounds like the same bug I read about in LWN. I am hoping
the patch will fix my module file corruption.
> If you're talking about another bug, it might be a good idea to file a
> bug against the kernel package so that they know about it.
I'll file a bug if it's not fixed in the next release.
Cheers,
-s
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