Re: [Bug #12762] Disk errors loop forever in 2.6.29

James Bottomley
2009-03-03T22:07:29Z

On Tue, 2009-03-03 at 20:25 +0100, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> This message has been generated automatically as a part of a report
> of recent regressions.
>
> The following bug entry is on the current list of known regressions
> from 2.6.28. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> (either way).
>
>
> Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12762
> Subject : Disk errors loop forever in 2.6.29
> Submitter : Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> Date : 2009-02-19 13:53 (13 days old)
> First-Bad-Commit: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=b60af5b0adf0da24c673598c8d3fb4d4189a15ce
> References : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123505185407604&w=4
> Handled-By : James Bottomley <James.Bottomley-JuX6DAaQMKPCXq6kfMZ53/egYHeGw8Jk@public.gmane.org>
> Patch : http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123508030726900&w=4

In theory, the fix should be upstream here:

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=126c098296c8f96cf7f6ca0fdb47265ac7994f00

(not in a released -rc yet, but should be in -rc7).

James