From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Neil Brown Subject: Re: md: md6_raid5 crash 2.6.20 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:44:17 +1100 Message-ID: <17873.31329.972230.498090@notabene.brown> References: <200702121628.l1CGSwhJ019548@cichlid.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: message from Andrew Burgess on Monday February 12 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Andrew Burgess Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On Monday February 12, aab@cichlid.com wrote: > >However > >this "kernel BUG" is something newly introduced in 2.6.20 which should > >be fixed in 2.6.20.1. Patch is below. > > I am using raid6. Am I at risk after applying this patch? I'm not going to say "you are not at risk after applying this patch" as one never knows about hidden bugs until one finds them. However this patch is equally applicable to raid6 and if you apply it you should be able to continue using your raid6 with as much confidence as before... NeilBrown