linux-kernel - Re: Kernel / Fliesystem Error

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Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:31:41 +0200
From:	"Benoit Boissinot" <bboissin@...il.com>
To:	"Chris Holvenstot" <cholvenstot@...cast.net>
Cc:	"Chris Holvenstot" <saltydog@...ston.rr.com>,
	"kernel list" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel / Fliesystem Error

On 8/9/07, Chris Holvenstot <cholvenstot@...cast.net> wrote:
> > Chris Snook wrote:
> >
> >The problem here is that your clock is wrong either at mount (boot)
> >time or unmount (shutdown) time. There's nothing wrong with ext3,
> >except that it happens to be noticing this condition.
>
> 1.  This happens even when the system is rebooted via the shutdown -r
> command - not much time for my fat fingers to get in there and dork up
> the system clock.
>
> 2.  As I stated in the original note, this does NOT happen with kernel
> 2.6.22.1 - so far I have only seen it with the 2.6.23-rc1, rc2, and
> rc2-git1 kernels.
>

But very likely time keeping was broken between .22 and .23-rc.
Probably not ext3.

regards,

Benoit
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