From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932209AbWGXQkt (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:40:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932210AbWGXQkt (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:40:49 -0400 Received: from lucidpixels.com ([66.45.37.187]:42160 "EHLO lucidpixels.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932209AbWGXQks (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:40:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:40:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz X-X-Sender: jpiszcz@p34.internal.lan To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.17.[1-6] XFS Filesystem Corruption, Where is 2.6.17.7? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, 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? > > > This fix was available as of 2.6.17.2, but not currently in 2.6.17.6... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115315508506996&w=2 I am running all of my machines with this patch and rebooted a couple of them with KNOPPIX and checked the FS, it seems to be OK now. Justin.