Re: Kernel 2.6.0-final oopsing when using e2fsck
Hello Rob,
thanks for your reply.
Am Son, 2003-12-21 um 09.41 schrieb Rob Weir:
> On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 11:18:04AM +0100, Matthias Hentges said
> > Hello list!
> >
> > I'm currently running a heavily patched 2.4.22 kernel on my P4 system.
> > Since upgrading to 2.4.23 would be a lot of work due to all the patches
> > required to get my hardware working, i thought i would give 2.6.0-final
> > a try (which doesn't need *any* additional patches).
> >
> > I've read Documentation/Changes and upgraded the installed software to
> > meet the requirements mentioned there. I even tripple-checked all
> > versions.
> >
> > The only exceptions are jfsutils, reiserfsprogs, xfsprogs and oprofile
> > (i do not use JFS, XFS or ReiserFS. Dunno what oprofile is and apt-cache
> > doesn't know it).
>
> oprofile is a kernel profiling tool, one of those "if you don't know
> what it does, you don't need it" sort of deals.
Ah good, i thought so.
> > Sadly, the kernel is reproducibly oopsing on me when i try to use e2fsck
> > on an ext3 encrypted cryptoloop file (i did *not* try to e2fsck an
> > unencrypted
> > file system because 2.6.0-test11 managed to _corrupt_ [yes,
> > reproducibly] an encrypted one).
>
> This is almost certainly a kernel bug (the other possibilities are bad
> memory or an angry technomage); either email lkml[0] (after checking if
> anyone else has reported similar problems) or post it to
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/.
Thanks, i'll try. BTW: am i the only one to find the bugzilla user
interface a total PITA?
> > I found that cryptoloop in 2.6.0 wouldn't mount the encrypted file at
> > all but 2.6.0-test11 did. However -test11 corrupted the file so maybe
> > the feature has been disabled?
>
> Sounds like another related bug. Did 2.6.0 oops and fail, or just
> refuse to even try?
No oops, just the usual "can not mount" message.
[...]
> Also, good on you for digging into the problem and gathering so much
> useful information, the kernel people will love such a clear and concise
> bug report :)
>
> [0] Linux kernel mailing list, http://www.lkml.org/ for archives and
> http://vger.kernel.org/ for posting information.
Thanks for the info. I'll give it a shot.
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