From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F4CA138010 for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6352C21C017; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:11:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out4-smtp.messagingengine.com (out4-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B652E059B for ; Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:10:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B19D20AF1 for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:10:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.161]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:10:07 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.co.uk; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mesmtp; bh=PRn+L5emfLAgrmOAloQrUIPuMkE=; b=erWWmDsinoY2ZaVUkVla4vsjjV2N gXZ+Mr0cFsfy+1zL6nb1XDKRhQ7OG2zKhwJAiBDnEIRu75os96pVm4ENC77fLksc 7FXRUhQXO4u0b/s8FxQmvmKfOmp7ScHoJDh3GM1Bt7L9OS3Y94D0lGMMQZoyPiSd SEuHLofHTGMhPXg= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=PRn+L5emfLAgrmOAloQrUI PuMkE=; b=NsxXqQkxLVxh00eBFuUfTduhLS8rWdbJtY3237fv5QwJGpAItBNH86 D9oktcXlV7lgYfck6vx6bKILYYeV826j7AR6hSEbDpM6rieXFfQO6VtQ4tbutHlX 4lOjc3gONXSYWeOI6BBIvQ1SpFZG7kspm47MyQlptC1CRImAy6M0I= X-Sasl-enc: hSINPYGexl72KUOnf44NYstZJ+mZiy7qHfuuWx1Q2gAw 1351127406 Received: from [192.168.1.100] (unknown [94.170.82.148]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id B594E48252F for ; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 21:10:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <50889166.2000102@fastmail.co.uk> Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 02:09:58 +0100 From: Kerin Millar User-Agent: Postbox 3.0.5 (Windows/20120826) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: b8973bd8-fcec-4c9f-a947-08375ee1f2c1 X-Archives-Hash: 809a55546433b4561e42395cf3a7dcad Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, 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. > > Doesn't seem to be that serious: > > https://plus.google.com/u/0/117091380454742934025/posts/Wcc5tMiCgq7 Might I enquire as to the manner in which this comment impartially establishes that the consequences of the bug upon those affected is not serious? --Kerin