linux-kernel - Re: fs/fs-writeback oopses in kernel 2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:51:18 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@...il.com>
Cc:	Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@...nvz.org>,
	Frantisek Hanzlik <franta@...zlici.cz>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: fs/fs-writeback oopses in kernel 2.6.33.4-95.fc13.i686.PAE

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 09:54:07 +0200
Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@...il.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Bastien ROUCARIES
> <roucaries.bastien@...il.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Andrew Morton
> > <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
> >> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:06:17 +0200
> >> Bastien ROUCARIES <roucaries.bastien@...il.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> > > I don't see anything which would generate this warning in 2.6.33.4's
> >>> > > fs/fs-writeback.c:597. __RH must have mucked with it.
> >>> > Already fixed in mainstream by
> >>> > commit 7c8a3554c683f512dbcee26faedb42e4c05f12fa
> >>> > Author: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
> >>> > Date: __ Tue May 18 14:29:29 2010 +0200
> >>>
> >>> Do you send it to stable ? I am hitting the same bug and count is high
> >>> on kerneloops (http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=writeback_inodes_wb)
> >>>
> >>
> >> The commit didn't have a cc:stable in the changelog so no, it probably
> >> wasn't backported.
> >>
> >> But that commit was later reverted anyway. __Hopefully when the real fix
> >> gets merged, it will be backported.
> >
> 
> Any news of this bug ?
> 

There have been various dramas in the writeback code recently. 
Christoph has been working on it.

Christoph, is this oops known about, and are those patches expected to
fix it?

Thanks.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/