linux-ext4 - [Bug 201685] ext4 file system corruption

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Date:   Fri, 30 Nov 2018 07:32:46 +0000
From:   bugzilla-daemon@...zilla.kernel.org
To:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [Bug 201685] ext4 file system corruption

https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685

--- Comment #81 from Rainer Fiebig (jrf@...lbox.org) ---
(In reply to Jens Axboe from comment #77)
> (In reply to Jimmy.Jazz from comment #76)
> > (In reply to Jimmy.Jazz from comment #75)
> > 
> > > I'm waiting for the next backup tomorrow.
> > 
> > @J.Axboe
> > No need to wait. ext4 error resurfaced on dm-8 this time. block/blk-core.c
> > patch doesn't correct the issue.
> > 
> > [ 3774.584797] EXT4-fs error (device dm-8): ext4_iget:4985: inode #1614666:
> > comm emerge: bad extended attribute block 1
> 
> Are you still confident the full patch works? It's interesting since that
> has RCU, and the other changes point in that direction, too.

It looks like the problem may be caused by changes in fs/ext4 (see comment 78).

But I'm wondering why this only affects some (quite a few, though) and not all.
Like others, I'm running 4.19.5 without any problem here, it's just nice.

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