linux-kernel - Re: Kernel 3.0: Instant kernel crash when mounting CIFS (also crashes with linux-3.1-rc2

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Date:	Thu, 18 Aug 2011 23:19:21 +0900
From:	"J. R. Okajima" <hooanon05@...oo.co.jp>
To:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
Cc:	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...ba.org>, Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alan Piszcz <ap@...arrain.com>,
	Steve French <sfrench@...ba.org>, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Kernel 3.0: Instant kernel crash when mounting CIFS (also crashes with linux-3.1-rc2


Justin Piszcz:
> > It has not crashed yet (which is good), I'll apply this patch to my
> > production machine and test taking backups of this data and let you know
> > if it crashes again, thanks!
	:::
> It is working but very slowly:

As you might know, the patch is totally unrelated to the performance. It
just fixes a memory corruption at unmounting or when an error in mounting.


> you have to transfer 5-10TB.  However, it is not crashing anymore, so any 
> speed is better than that :)

But you are not satisifed obviously. :-)


J. R. Okajima
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