linux-ext4 - Re: [dm-devel] hunt for 2.6.37 dm-crypt+ext4 corruption?

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Date:	Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:28:55 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....EDU>
Cc:	device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
	Heinz Diehl <htd@...tha.org>, Jon Nelson <jnelson@...poni.net>,
	htejun@...il.com, Matt <jackdachef@...il.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	htd <htd@...cy-poultry.org>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-btrfs <linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] hunt for 2.6.37 dm-crypt+ext4 corruption?

> I've been using a kernel which is between 2.6.37-rc2 and -rc3 with a LUKS / dm-crypt / LVM / ext4 setup for my primary file systems, and I haven't observed any corruption for the last two weeks or so.   It's on my todo list to upgrade to top of Linus's tree, but perhaps this is a useful data point.

The reported corruptions are with a .37 forward port someone did of my parallel 
kcryptd patch.  The 2.6.36 (and earlier) versions are rock solid with many users.

The classic dmcrypt is single threaded and very slow.

> As another thought, what version of GCC are people using who are having difficulty?   Could this perhaps be a compiler-related issue?

A compiler problem seems very unlikely here.

What may be an useful experiment would be to test 2.6.37-rc + ext4 over
device mapper, but not dmcrypt. If that fails too then it's likely
some generic device mapper problem.

-Andi

-- 
ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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