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Bug#342387: oops on find_get_block with reiserfs



This one time, at band camp, Maximilian Attems said:
> tags 342387 important stop
> 
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 05:54:40PM +0100, yoann wrote:
> > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686 Version: 2.6.8-16 Severity:
> > critical
> 
> baah works for others downgrading.
>  
> > I had an oops on my box :
> 
> looks like one of those reiserfs races, with some chances they are
> fixed in newer kernels.  2.6.8 reiserfs is not good on the sanity
> checking front.
> 
> you might want to use one of those backports floating around or change
> to a more stable fs.

Downgrading a bug in a Debian package with the response 'use a package
from somewhere outside Debian' doesn't feel right somehow.

I understand that the kernel team is quite busy, and you can't fix every
bug.  If this is an ongoing issue, as I suspect, perhaps setting up
official backport kernels somewhere would be a nice idea?

Just a thought, and take care,
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