linux-kernel - Re: [Bug #14472] EXT4 corruption

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Message-ID: <cb0375e10910291534j485b9e55vc42c3ce94a30252c@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:34:45 -0400
From:	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>, Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shawn Starr <shawn.starr@...ers.com>
Subject: Re: [Bug #14472] EXT4 corruption

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 03:57:32PM -0400, Andrew Lutomirski wrote:
>>
>> This but is *not* fixed.  I just triggered it a few minutes ago by
>> abusing i915 and drm, which caused a panic.  This is slightly newer
>> than 2.6.32-rc5, with a couple of i915 bugfixes thrown in.
>
> Andrew, can you test to see if this patch helps?

I'm building a kernel with that patch now, and I'll keep running it
for awhile.  I only seem to trigger this bug once a month or so, so
I'll let you know if I see any more corruption.

Thanks,
Andy
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