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 4148B138010 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:18:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E060F21C020; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:18:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gg0-f181.google.com (mail-gg0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5916721C013 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:16:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-gg0-f181.google.com with SMTP id k2so502792ggd.40 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:16:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=DkJxRDq0DkI2Z31gynLSKshMn0r6+JRmZ52dwpVqxaE=; b=NWA/IfdVVvn4G8gYSy/ab0+xIZpIjCsAGXFwPj2w+JZrD7w8ECUMHjBW6bcZ6y4k6q XE7iMvV0OGe8XE0I98+iIrEupFb0CZItwpcMGZpT+SARcmMhSjx/JfwM7712dPWlWxst vFpHX0okLg7syH4FlCFRGcB5C6D7awyl+ZPZxdce/RZbd0I88MxvV/VN6Usnr3wrdcBo udhjN7/zXGSeY1JnW+7S0tLcC4KMkooq+o4v9k/fXvNlDyO12tGRQZgv5ujUtTd2FJ4s T48nuWWx2GnRZ/N4cQnkiMR81jUjZSvAh9ioAzLggW8gfsMVm5SwwYHDQHyUOnNp/jlx P4Vw== Received: by 10.100.83.3 with SMTP id g3mr6731679anb.46.1351239407814; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:16:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-65-0-122-130.jan.bellsouth.net. [65.0.122.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k28sm705093ann.12.2012.10.26.01.16.45 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:16:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <508A46EC.9080600@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:16:44 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:16.0) Gecko/20121020 Firefox/16.0 SeaMonkey/2.13.1 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: <50889166.2000102@fastmail.co.uk> <5088A945.5020405@fastmail.co.uk> <50899CA9.5090104@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.5 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------000008060105000509070607" X-Archives-Salt: a08040f3-9ed6-426c-b80a-071f64658d8e X-Archives-Hash: 67277f8c2284c04198e09596d4b5839f This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------000008060105000509070607 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Oct 26, 2012 3:14 AM, "Dale" > wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" > wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ > >> > > >> > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > :wq > >> > >> Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link > to Theo T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial > hypothesis had not been proven and he himself is back in the dark. > >> > >> Not much confidence in ext4 for the time being for me. Back to > reiserfs? ;-) > >> > >> Rgds, > >> -- > > > > > > > > Or just don't update the kernel until it is fixed. After all, if the > kernel you are using works and is not a serious security problem, just > use it for a while. They will fix it pretty soon I'm sure. > > > > Unfortunately, since Ted T'so himself couldn't even pinpoint what's > wrong, how can I be sure that other kernel versions are unaffected? > > Rgds, > -- > Well, sometimes you just have to go with what you know. I saw a list of the versions that are affected so I would avoid those at least. This could be one of those times where a older kernel may be a good idea. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! --------------000008060105000509070607 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Pandu Poluan wrote:


On Oct 26, 2012 3:14 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Pandu Poluan wrote:
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>> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/
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>> > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said.
>> >
>> > --
>> > :wq
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>> Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link to Theo T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial hypothesis had not been proven and he himself is back in the dark.
>>
>> Not much confidence in ext4 for the time being for me. Back to reiserfs? ;-)
>>
>> Rgds,
>> --
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>
>
> Or just don't update the kernel until it is fixed. After all, if the kernel you are using works and is not a serious security problem, just use it for a while.  They will fix it pretty soon I'm sure. 
>

Unfortunately, since Ted T'so himself couldn't even pinpoint what's wrong, how can I be sure that other kernel versions are unaffected?

Rgds,
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Well, sometimes you just have to go with what you know.  I saw a list of the versions that are affected so I would avoid those at least.  This could be one of those times where a older kernel may be a good idea.  ;-) 

Dale

:-)  :-)  

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