From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932277AbWGXWOn (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:14:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932278AbWGXWOn (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:14:43 -0400 Received: from mta07-winn.ispmail.ntl.com ([81.103.221.47]:2358 "EHLO mtaout01-winn.ispmail.ntl.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932277AbWGXWOm (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 18:14:42 -0400 Message-ID: <44C54818.6000201@gentoo.org> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:22:16 +0100 From: Daniel Drake User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060603) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Justin Piszcz CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.17.[1-6] XFS Filesystem Corruption, Where is 2.6.17.7? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Justin Piszcz wrote: > Beginning at 2.6.17 to 2.6.17.6, there is a serious XFS bug that results > in filesystem corruption, there was a 1 line bugfix patch that was > released recently and I was wondering when 2.6.17.7 would be released > with that patch? It affected ALL my Linux machines (x86) running XFS > and many people on the XFS mailing list who upgraded to 2.6.17. I > understand when there is a root exploit or DoS bug, the kernel is > naturally patched by the -stable team and a new version is released > immediately. Does filesystem corruption not constitute an immediate new > -stable release of the kernel? Greg has been too busy at OLS, expect it in the next few days. Additionally, some problems have been reported with the forty-something patches that were posted for review. If you want to help, apply all of those patches on top of 2.6.17.6 and see if you can find any problems. Daniel