Bug#684293: root cause of mount hang in installer [kernel bug]

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

# symptoms appear with v3.2.19~14 (block: don't mark buffers beyond
# end of disk as mapped, 2012-05-11)
reassign 684293 src:linux linux-2.6/3.2.19-1
# fixed by v3.2.24~63 (block: fix infinite loop in __getblk_slow,
# 2012-07-12)
tags 684293 + upstream fixed-upstream
# there's no such thing as a package unrelated to kernel :)
severity 684293 serious
quit

Hi Christian,

>>> 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/).

Marking so, thanks.