linux-kernel - Re: fscache corruption in Linux 5.17?

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Date:   Sat, 16 Apr 2022 21:55:54 +0200
From:   Max Kellermann <mk@...all.com>
To:     Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info>
Cc:     Max Kellermann <mk@...all.com>, dhowells@...hat.com,
        linux-cachefs@...hat.com, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "regressions@...ts.linux.dev" <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: fscache corruption in Linux 5.17?

On 2022/04/16 13:38, Thorsten Leemhuis <regressions@...mhuis.info> wrote:
> Thx for the report. Maybe a bisection is what's needed here, but lets
> see what David says, maybe he has a idea already.

I wish I could do that, but it's very hard to reproduce; the first
reports came after a week or so.  That way, a bisect would take
months.  So yes, wait for David, because he might give a clue how to
trigger the problem more quickly to make a bisect practical.