linux-kernel - Re: [NFS] 2.6.17.6 New(?) NFS Kernel Bug (OOPS) When vi /over/nfs/file.txt

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0609041048210.1572@p34.internal.lan>
Date:	Mon, 4 Sep 2006 10:48:35 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>
To:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nfs@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	apiszcz@...idpixels.com
Subject: Re: [NFS] 2.6.17.6 New(?) NFS Kernel Bug (OOPS) When vi /over/nfs/file.txt

Ahh, whoa, thanks for this and identifying the patch fix!

Justin.

On Mon, 4 Sep 2006, Neil Brown wrote:

> On Thursday August 31, jpiszcz@...idpixels.com wrote:
>> Short description: I have a text file I was editing over NFS, around 4 to
>> 5 kilobytes.  It was during this time this occured:
>>
>> Note, this is the first time I have ever seen this bug.
>> My .config is attached.  After a reboot, I ran the same vi command, no
>> issues, so I could easily reproduce the problem.
>>
>> Could anyone offer any insight to exactly what it was that caused this
>> bug?
>
> http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=2f34931fdc78b4895553aaa33748939cc7697c99
>
> This is fixed in a 2.6.17.11 and possibly earlier stable releases.
>
> NeilBrown
>
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