linux-kernel - Re: EXT4-fs error, kernel BUG

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Date:	Wed, 19 Nov 2014 23:28:08 +0200
From:	martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net>
To:	linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: EXT4-fs error, kernel BUG

also sprach martin f krafft <madduck@...duck.net> [2014-08-05 16:15 +0300]:
> > It's possible that this was caused by a memory corruption, but it
> > wouldn't have been high on my suspect list.  Still, if this is
> > a new machine, it might not be a bad idea to run memtest86+ for
> > 24-48 hours.
> 
> … and will do that. I did it before, but I also just upgraded the
> RAM and didn't do it again.

For posterity, the problems went away after I memtest86+-identified
a bad RAM module and swapped it, then recreated the filesystems for
safety,

Thanks Ted!

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