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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:40:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.17.[1-6] XFS Filesystem Corruption, Where is 2.6.17.7? On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Justin Piszcz wrote: > Beginning at 2.6.17 to 2.6.17.6, there is a serious XFS bug that results in > filesystem corruption, there was a 1 line bugfix patch that was released > recently and I was wondering when 2.6.17.7 would be released with that patch? > It affected ALL my Linux machines (x86) running XFS and many people on the > XFS mailing list who upgraded to 2.6.17. I understand when there is a root > exploit or DoS bug, the kernel is naturally patched by the -stable team and a > new version is released immediately. Does filesystem corruption not > constitute an immediate new -stable release of the kernel? > > > This fix was available as of 2.6.17.2, but not currently in 2.6.17.6... http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115315508506996&w=2 I am running all of my machines with this patch and rebooted a couple of them with KNOPPIX and checked the FS, it seems to be OK now. Justin. - 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/
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