linux-kernel - Re: [dm-devel] Block regression since 3.1-rc3

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: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

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

Date:	Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:02:11 +0200
From:	Christophe Saout <christophe@...ut.de>
To:	device-mapper development <dm-devel@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] Block regression since 3.1-rc3

Hello again,

> Today I was trying to boot a new 3.1 RC kernel on one of our server
> machines and ran into a weird block-related crash.
> 
> Whenever I was trying to access some filesystem on the external RAID, I
> would soon run into the crash seen below, followed by a total lockup a
> bit later.
> 
> The external RAID is accessed via multipath and simple logical volumes
> on top. [...]
>
> The bug seems to be introduced between rc2 and rc3. Up to rc2 everything
> is fine, and rc3 and also the latest kernel shows this bug. From the git
> log I can see that the block/ directory has seen some larger update, but
> this is just a wild guess.

Actually, I just found out that reverting

commit 4853abaae7e4a2af938115ce9071ef8684fb7af4
Author: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
Date:   Mon Aug 15 21:37:25 2011 +0200

    block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags

makes the problem disappear.

Let me know if I can help with further information.

Cheers,
	Christophe


--
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/