Bug#964494: File system corruption with ext3 + kernel-4.19.0-9-amd64

[Sarah Newman <srn@prgmr.com>]

On 7/7/20 8:13 PM, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 src:linux
> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
>
> On Tue, 2020-07-07 at 17:30 -0700, Sarah Newman wrote:
> > Package: linux-signed-amd64
> > Version: 4.19.0-9-amd64
> >
> > We've had two separate reports now of debian buster users running
> > 4.19.0-9-amd64 who experienced serious file system corruption.
>
> Which version?  (I.e. what does "uname -v" or
> "dpkg -s linux-image-4.19.0-9-amd64" say?)
>
> > - Both were using ext3
> > - Both are running Xen HVM, but I do not have reason to believe this to be related


I doubt it matters, but the two observed failures were on hosts with Xeon v2's (we're currently working on fixing that.)

New reports:

* Buster 4.19.0-6-amd64, ext3, uptime ~36 weeks, Xeon v4, no failure
* Buster 4.19.0-9-amd64, ext4, uptime ~6 days, Xeon v2, no failure (but it hasn't even been a week)
* Arch Linux v5.6.11, ext3, uptime ~9 weeks, Xeon v2, no failure

--Sarah