linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3

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Date:	Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:03:55 +0100
From:	Marc Haber <mh+linux-kernel@...schlus.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3

On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 08:30:06AM -0500, Daniel Drake wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
> >After updating to 2.6.19, Debian's apt control file
> >/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin corrupts pretty frequently - like in under
> >six hours. In that situation, "aptitude update" segfaults. When I
> >delete the file and have apt recreate it, things are fine again for a
> >few hours before the file is broken again and the segfault start over.
> >In all cases, umounting the file system and doing an fsck does not
> >show issues with the file system.
> 
> Are you using wireless networking of any kind?

Since the system in question is a colocated server box, I am pretty
sure that there is no wireless networking.

>  Might be useful if you could post 'dmesg' output so that people can
>  see the other hardware that you have.

I have attached what I could scrape from syslog.

Greetings
Marc

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