Re: If you are running XFS and a 2.6.17(.x) kernel...

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006, CJ van den Berg wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 24, 2006 at 12:35:17PM -0400, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> > http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html
> >
> > Check the FAQ, there is a 1 line bugfix patch available here:
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115315508506996&w=2
> >
> > Discussion here:
> > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-raid&m=115342610512955&w=2
>
> and here is the Debian bug report:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=379660
>
> and the kernel.org bug report:
> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6757
>
> This bug has caused serious data loss on my systems and no end of headaches
> in the last two weeks. I really hope the fix goes into a debian kernel soon
> to save others the pain.
>
> --
> CJ van den Berg
>
> mailto:cj@vdbonline.com
>  xmpp:cj@vdbonline.com

Not only that, if you use knoppix to fix the problem, make sure you don't 
use 5.0.1!  You need to be using a kernel < 2.6.17 if you run the fixes 
on the FAQ.

Justin.