Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: > > I would describe the bug itself as serious but it will affect few > users because journal_checksum isn't enabled by default. Ted submitted > a patch to enable the option by default back in 2009 but it was > reverted a few months later by Linus due to this bug: > > https://bu

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Kerin Millar
Dale wrote: Kerin Millar wrote: Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen has found the culprit and Theodore Ts'o has suggested this

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Paul Hartman
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Dale wrote: > Kerin Millar wrote: >> Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>> On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: >>> >>> It looks as if Eric Sandeen has

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Dale wrote: > Kerin Millar wrote: >> Helmut Jarausch wrote: >>> On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: >>> >>> It looks as if Eric Sandeen has

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Dale
Kerin Millar wrote: > Helmut Jarausch wrote: >> On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if >>> you're using the EXT4 filesystem: >> >> It looks as if Eric Sandeen has found the culprit and Theodore Ts'o has >> suggested

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-11-02 Thread Kerin Millar
Helmut Jarausch wrote: On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen has found the culprit and Theodore Ts'o has suggested this patch yesterday https://lkml.org

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-29 Thread Helmut Jarausch
On 10/24/2012 03:54:39 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: It looks as if Eric Sandeen has found the culprit and Theodore Ts'o has suggested this patch yesterday https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/28/309

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-28 Thread Mark Knecht
On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > Am Freitag, 26. Oktober 2012, 01:34:35 schrieb Neil Bothwick: >> 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 se

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-27 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
Am Freitag, 26. Oktober 2012, 01:34:35 schrieb Neil Bothwick: > 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

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-26 Thread Dale
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 versio

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-26 Thread Dale
Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Oct 26, 2012 3:14 AM, "Dale" > wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" > wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ > >> > > >> > Links to relevan

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Oct 26, 2012 6:14 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: >> > >> > >> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ >> > >> > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. >> > >> > -- >> > :wq >

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Oct 26, 2012 3:36 AM, "Mark Knecht" wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > > > Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link to Theo > > T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial hypothesis had not > > been proven and he hims

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Oct 26, 2012 3:14 AM, "Dale" wrote: > > Pandu Poluan wrote: >> >> >> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: >> > >> > >> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ >> > >> > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. >> > >> > -- >> > :wq >> >> Nice find, thanks. But the update to

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Neil Bothwick
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

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Michael Mol
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ > > > > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. > > > > -- > > :wq > > Nice find, thanks. > They have an RSS feed. Good stuff. I h

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Mark Knecht
On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Pandu Poluan wrote: > > Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link to Theo > T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial hypothesis had not > been proven and he himself is back in the dark. > > Not much confidence in ext4 for

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Dale
Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" > wrote: > > > > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ > > > > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. > > > > -- > > :wq > > Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a li

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-25 Thread Pandu Poluan
On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" wrote: > > > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ > > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. > > -- > :wq Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link to Theo T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial hypoth

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:51 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: [snip] > On my part, I will continue to be concerned until the investigation has fully > run its course. That is, of course, your prerogative. I just posted a comment from someone that (IMHO) actually knows what he's talking about. What anyone

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Michael Mol
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Kerin >> Millar> >> wrote: >> >>> Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can r

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Kerin Millar
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: http://www.phoronix.com/sca

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras >> wrote: >>> >>> Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're >>> using the EXT4 filesystem: >>> >>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:09 PM, Kerin Millar wrote: > Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras >> wrote: >>> >>> Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're >>> using the EXT4 filesystem: >>> >>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Kerin Millar
Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're > using the EXT4 filesystem: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ > > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on to

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread mindrunner
affected kernel versions are masked now! On 10/25/2012 12:36 AM, john wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:10:24 -0500 > Bruce Hill wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 04:54:39PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: >>> Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if >>> you're using the

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread john
On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:10:24 -0500 Bruce Hill wrote: > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 04:54:39PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if > > you're using the EXT4 filesystem: > > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Bruce Hill
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 04:54:39PM +0300, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're > using the EXT4 filesystem: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ > > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developer

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread covici
Dale wrote: > Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if > > you're using the EXT4 filesystem: > > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ > > > > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on top > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Markos Chandras
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 2:54 PM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're > using the EXT4 filesystem: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ > > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on to

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're > using the EXT4 filesystem: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ > > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on to

Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Dale
Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if > you're using the EXT4 filesystem: > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ > > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on top > of this. In the meantime, avo

[gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug

2012-10-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're using the EXT4 filesystem: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on top of this. In the meantime, avoid doing reboots after too short a