linux-kernel - Re: Crash in 2.6.28.7

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Date:	Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:18:29 +0100
From:	Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@...il.com>
To:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
Subject: Re: Crash in 2.6.28.7 - ext4 related

OK, I see that my message didn't reach neither linux-kernel nor
linux-fsdevel, maybe because of the image size (484K).

If anyone is interested in details, please let me know.

Regards,
Fabio



On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Fabio Comolli <fabio.comolli@...il.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
> I experience hard crashes with latest stable kernel (but also in every
> 2.6.28.y release). This time I was trying to remove a large directory
> (a kernel tree) in a clean (fsck -f from a previous crash) ext4
> partition.
>
> The partition is an ext3 converted one, with extents enabled. It's
> about 20gb in size.
>
> When the crash happened the sistem was just booted in single user;
> fsck -f; mount; rm -rf <dir>; bang. Please look at the attached
> picture.
>
> The kernel is vanilla 2.6.28.7 + opensuse bootsplash patch.
>
> Please let me know if you need more details. Unfortunately for me it
> seems to be pretty easily reproduceable. By the way, some of the
> previous crashes did not involve file removals.
>
> Regards,
> Fabio
>
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