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Bug#582808: linux-image-2.6.34-1-amd64: Koops in writeback function



On Sun, 2010-05-23 at 22:04 +0200, Flavio Visentin wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.34-1~experimental.1
> Justification: causes non-serious data loss
> Severity: grave
> Tags: experimental
> 
> When installing new packages a koops is raised.
> I suppose it could lead to data loss, but I don't have knowledge to investigate.

This is fallout from the fix for the infamous slow-unmount bug
<https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15906>.

It is supposed to be fixed by upstream commit
7c8a3554c683f512dbcee26faedb42e4c05f12fa "writeback: ensure that
WB_SYNC_NONE writeback with sb pinned is sync".

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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