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Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 10:29:01 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de> To: "lkml-2006i-ticket@...core.pl" <lkml-2006i-ticket@...core.pl> cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: Problems with file systems created on 2.6.18.x On Nov 13 2006 08:24, lkml-2006i-ticket@...core.pl wrote: >Hello, on two different boxes with 2.6.18.x kernels I created two file >systems (ReiserFS and JFS). Both failed totally after about 1-2 days of >using them. The disk may have gone bad. (Unlikely, though) >Dmesg reported corruption errors/warnings. When I unmounted and tried to >remount - mound was unable to find superblocks. > >Before both failures I was playing with swap (swapoff -a swapon -a), I >use encripted swap. > >So, perhaps there is a bug connected to some of the following aspects: >- using newly or recently created file system (bug in code that is used >to grow a short, "young" tree) >- problems with swap / encrypted swap > >I saved image of 100 mb of the beginning of reiserfs partition after it >failed, I can sent it (or part of it) if anyone wants to investigate. > >Since I use grsecurity patch - Recently there seem to be quite a few corruption reports involving setups with grsecurity. If you can reproduce the problem with gr, see if you can reproduce it without gr. -`J' -- - 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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