[Bug 201685] ext4 file system corruption

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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685

--- Comment #117 from Jens Axboe (axboe@kernel.dk) ---
(In reply to Artem S. Tashkinov from comment #87)
> Regression testing could be carried out in a VM running on top of a ramdisk
> (e.g. tmpfs) to speed up the process.
> 
> I guess someone with a decent amount of persistence and spare time could do
> that and test each individual commit between 4.18 and 4.19, however that
> doesn't guarantee success since the bug might be hardware related and not
> reproducible in a virtual environment. Or it might require obscene amounts
> of RAM/disk space which would be difficult, if not impossible to reproduce
> in a VM.
> 
> I for one decided to stay on 4.18.x and not upgrade to any more recent
> kernels until the regression is identified and dealt with.
> 
> Maybe one day someone will become truly invested in the kernel development
> process and we'll have proper QA/QC/unit testing/regression
> testing/fuzzying, so that individuals won't have to sacrifice their data and
> time because kernel developers are mostly busy with adding new features and
> usually not really concerned with performance, security and stability of
> their code unless they are pointed at such issues.

You obviously have no idea wtf you are talking about, I suggest you go
investigate just how much testing is done, continuously, on things like file
system and storage. I take personal offense in in claims that developers "are
not really concerned with performance and stability of their code".

Here's a news flash for you - bugs happen, no matter how much testing is done
on something.

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