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 BC175138010 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:31:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3921321C02E; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:31:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ye0-f181.google.com (mail-ye0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D07C621C013 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:30:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ye0-f181.google.com with SMTP id r11so446347yen.40 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:30:02 -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 :content-transfer-encoding; bh=6YSJ898MBtyAUBETfmK02YyqqCQyHw4Eaz0Yl2MntDU=; b=jC2G4A+nCwuLxmI1blCEDJpDj6gzl3dHEeQ0FugQyeKx+uTou84X0To61X0AsA9L7g Rpzvlq1OqXkawMYuQa45IQ2mU4cHKaeSPSnpAMiOb83EIFy3vEL0BKbuFmQHVNDcIJ1S aQD2pA8BJK//HVnEarhDDyl7CDmx0bl4wciX58pETLmlzyDH7Gryux4L22JWl4pdy3gp njDf5lEb6HXmMHW7HZoK7rTugkjN5DyI9Zx0Km5m5TzdkubazgaQKw637CW4Uo4P2S3b smNVRjkn5AfuMpCgpSaxHzVkFbWCilFX0m2WwlY0N8qdIbG/qBwLoNJAbA1jACro5m04 5MPA== Received: by 10.101.165.16 with SMTP id s16mr6597632ano.25.1351240202341; Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:30:02 -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 m26sm799292yhc.17.2012.10.26.01.30.00 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:30:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <508A4A07.2050007@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 03:29:59 -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> <20121026013435.184fcaf3@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20121026013435.184fcaf3@digimed.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8acb3ae2-abc8-427d-a754-f9a53c4c3d26 X-Archives-Hash: 182b19b6b0a243390f19e7e6ea1c46b6 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:10:17 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> 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. > Several versions are affected, it's not a new issue, just a newly > discovered one. That in itself indicates the likelihood of being affected > by it, considering how many boxes use ext4 with these kernel versions. > > My point is, if you are using a version that is not affected, keep using it, don't upgrade yet. I saw a list of the affected versions. Just avoid those for now. Is it a perfect plan, of course not. It's better than nothing tho. It's certainly better than using a known version with this problem. If a person is using an affected version, then I would reboot to another kernel that is not on the list. Now if someone wants to keep using a known version that is affected, that's their thing. Since I don't reboot much, it would likely not affect me either way. Thing is, I'm not going to take the chance either way. That is of course if the problem is what I read and not something else all together. The problem seems to be a moving target since it is not exactly known yet. Either way, having the information is better than nothing. Avoiding the affected versions is better than nothing. None of this may matter depending on all sorts of things. Me, I'm going to stick with what I am using, that's not on the affected list so far, and wait until whatever version has a known fix. That's my plan for now, subject to change if the situation changes. Oh, going to cross fingers too. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!