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

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Date:	Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:37:25 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
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?

On Sun, 05 Dec 2010 08:24:32 EST, Theodore Tso said:

> 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.

Pretty much exactly the same setup here (LUKS/dm-crypt/LVM/ext4), pretty
consistently running most-recent mmotm kernel, which tends to be somewhat ahead
of linux-next, and I haven't seen anything either. (I admit I haven't tried
-rc4-mmotm1202 yet).

> As another thought, what version of GCC 

rpm -q says 'gcc-4.5.1-5.fc15.x86_64'.  

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