linux-ext4 - Re: f.s. corruption ext3, kernel 4.4.8

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2016 10:33:17 +0800
From:	Barry Kauler <bkauler@...il.com>
To:	linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: f.s. corruption ext3, kernel 4.4.8

On 4/25/16, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 09:46:19AM +0800, Barry Kauler wrote:
>> I sent this direct to Greg KH yesterday morning. 24 hours later got an
>> automated reply to send my email to one of the lists.
>>
>> I'm a user, not a kernel developer, gotta post this somewhere.
>>
>> I reckon this is urgent.
>> I have rolled back from 4.4.8 to 4.4.7, have used heavily for 24 hours
>> since then,
>> no problem. So, it's the kernel, not my laptop.
>
> No one else has reported any problems to date, and there are only two
> changes in ext4 code between v4.4.7 and v4.4.8, neither of which seem
> at all likely to cause file system corruption.
>
> ee8516a ext4: ignore quota mount options if the quota feature is enabled
> 321299a ext4: add lockdep annotations for i_data_sem
>
> If you can send us the "EXT4-fs error" message that would have been
> logged before the file system went read-only, or the output from
> e2fsck, that might be helpful in matching up your report from any
> others, or to have some insight into what might have happened.
>
> Unfortunately, without any more information there's not much we can do
> with your report other than to keep an ear out in case anyone else
> complains.
>

Thanks for the response.

My kernel is still not using EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23

My config is:

CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_XATTR=y
CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
# CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY is not set
CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION=y
CONFIG_EXT4_FS_ENCRYPTION=y
# CONFIG_EXT4_DEBUG is not set

...is this deprecated?

Just asking, as if everyone else is using EXT4_USE_FOR_EXT23, then
perhaps they won't hit my problem.
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