Quoting M H (mh000151@yahoo.com): > After some googling I found out that the root cause of the recent mount problems with extended partitions (maybe also mounting disks like sda) > are related to the infinite loop kernel bug in __getblk_slow. > > (see the explanation: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/1189121/) > The affected debian kernels should get fixed with the patch offered in kernel 3.2.24 (http://lwn.net/Articles/508225/). Thanks for the investigation and your care looking out for the root cause of this. This bug, and probably all other "hang" bugs, should be reassign to the kernelpackage. Before doing so, I'm awaiting for input from a Kerneal Team person.
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