From: covici@ccs.covici.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 11:22:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1000.1351092179@ccs.covici.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5087FE72.7060002@gmail.com>
Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if
> > you're using the EXT4 filesystem:
> >
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ
> >
> > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on top
> > of this. In the meantime, avoid doing reboots after too short an uptime.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Oh crap. O_O
>
> This is one of those times I am glad I am not a shutdown/restart nut. lol
>
> root@fireball / # uptime
> 09:39:19 up 32 days, 1:48, 5 users, load average: 0.35, 0.35, 0.44
> root@fireball / #
>
> Should be safe enough by now. I wonder what version will have the fix
> tho? 3.7? 3.8? They move pretty quick tho. That's good.
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> Dale, not going to panic yet.
>
> :-) :-)
>
> --
> I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
>
What git tree is this -- maybe I can get the diff and reverse patch till
a newer version comes out?
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici
covici@ccs.covici.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-24 15:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-24 13:54 [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug Nikos Chantziaras
2012-10-24 14:42 ` Dale
2012-10-24 15:22 ` covici [this message]
2012-10-24 14:43 ` Paul Hartman
2012-10-24 14:48 ` Markos Chandras
2012-10-24 18:10 ` Bruce Hill
2012-10-24 22:36 ` john
2012-10-24 23:55 ` mindrunner
2012-10-25 0:55 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-10-25 1:09 ` Kerin Millar
2012-10-25 1:32 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-10-25 1:38 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-10-25 2:51 ` Kerin Millar
2012-10-25 3:03 ` Michael Mol
2012-10-25 19:40 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-10-25 20:10 ` Dale
2012-10-26 0:34 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-10-26 8:29 ` Dale
2012-10-27 19:16 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-10-28 17:12 ` Mark Knecht
2012-10-26 3:26 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-10-26 8:16 ` Dale
2012-10-25 20:33 ` Mark Knecht
2012-10-26 3:30 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-10-25 23:10 ` Michael Mol
2012-10-26 3:37 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-10-25 3:04 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-10-25 4:43 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2012-10-25 14:26 ` Grant Edwards
2012-10-25 16:53 ` Remy Blank
2012-10-25 21:04 ` Kerin Millar
2012-10-27 18:19 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2012-10-27 18:28 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-10-29 10:29 ` [gentoo-user] " Helmut Jarausch
2012-11-02 13:45 ` Kerin Millar
2012-11-02 14:55 ` Dale
2012-11-02 15:05 ` Michael Mol
2012-11-02 15:08 ` Paul Hartman
2012-11-02 16:08 ` Kerin Millar
2012-11-02 20:19 ` Dale
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