linux-kernel - Re: XFS breakage in 2.6.18-rc1

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Date:	Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:28:05 +1000
From:	David Chatterton <chatz@...bourne.sgi.com>
To:	Nathan Scott <nathans@....com>, Christian Kujau <evil@...ouse.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: XFS breakage in 2.6.18-rc1



Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> * Nathan Scott <nathans@....com>:
> 
>> Barry sent an xfs_repair patch to resolve this issue to the xfs@....sgi.com
>> list yesterday; please give that a go and let us know how it fares.
> 
> Just to let you know, I did a cvs checkout of xfs-cmds
> as described on http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/source.html
> 
> Then I saved the patch from
> http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2006-07/msg00374.html using the
> "Original" link on hat page.
> 
> I build a xfs_Repair binary using that, transferred it onto an old
> KLAX boot cd I had and repaired the XFS root on my laptop.
> 
> I got 5000 files in lost and found, mostly the whole manpages from my
> system. Had to reinstall a few packages to restore lost binaries, but
> that's all.
> 
> When will that horrible bug be fixed in 2.6.x? 
> 

The bug is fixed in 2.6.17.7.

David
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