linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3

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Date:	Thu, 07 Dec 2006 11:50:37 -0500
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
To:	Marc Haber <mh+linux-kernel@...schlus.de>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3

Marc Haber wrote:
> I went back to 2.6.18.3 to debug this, and the system ran for three
> days without problems and without corrupting
> /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin. After booting 2.6.19 again, it took three
> hours for the file corruption to show again.
> 
> I do not have an idea what could cause this other than the 2.6.19
> kernel.
<snip>
> I'll happily deliver information that might be needed to nail down
> this issue. Can anybody give advice about how to solve this?

I'd say start git bisecting to track down which commit the problem 
starts at.

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