From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752625AbWLQNwS (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:52:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752626AbWLQNwS (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:52:18 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:49397 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752625AbWLQNwR (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:52:17 -0500 Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:52:16 +0100 From: Jan Kara To: Hugh Dickins Cc: Martin Michlmayr , Marc Haber , Jan Kara , Peter Zijlstra , linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Mikael Magnusson Subject: Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3 Message-ID: <20061217135215.GB19416@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> References: <20061207155740.GC1434@torres.l21.ma.zugschlus.de> <4578465D.7030104@cfl.rr.com> <20061209092639.GA15443@torres.l21.ma.zugschlus.de> <20061216184310.GA891@unjust.cyrius.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > On Sat, 16 Dec 2006, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > > * Marc Haber [2006-12-09 10:26]: > > > Unfortunately, I am lacking the knowledge needed to do this in an > > > informed way. I am neither familiar enough with git nor do I possess > > > the necessary C powers. > > > > I wonder if what you're seein is related to > > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/16/73 > > > > You said that you don't see any corruption with 2.6.18. Can you try > > to apply the patch from > > http://www2.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=d08b3851da41d0ee60851f2c75b118e1f7a5fc89 > > to 2.6.18 to see if the corruption shows up? > > I did wonder about the very first hunk of Peter's patch, where the > mapping->private_lock is unlocked earlier now in try_to_free_buffers, > before the clear_page_dirty. I'm not at all familiar with that area, > I wonder if Jan has looked at that change, and might be able to say > whether it's good or not (earlier he worried about his JBD changes, > but they wouldn't be implicated if just 2.6.18+Peter's gives trouble). Thanks for pointer. I was not aware of this change, I'll have a look at it on Monday. Actually Mickael has checked that he sees corruption even if all the JBD changes are backed out so I was going to look for other changes in VFS that could cause that. Honza -- Jan Kara SuSE CR Labs