Re: [Bug #14354] Bad corruption with 2.6.32-rc1 and upwards

Rafael J. Wysocki
2009-11-17T22:21:50Z

On Tuesday 17 November 2009, Theodore Tso wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:37:39PM +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 2.6.31. Please verify if it still should be listed and let me know
> > (either way).
> >
> >
> > Bug-Entry : http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14354
> > Subject : Bad corruption with 2.6.32-rc1 and upwards
> > Submitter : Holger Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
> > Date : 2009-10-09 15:42 (39 days old)
>
> Um, this was marked as resolved, until you reopened it and then reset
> the state to New. Why did you do this?

I wasn't quite sure what the status was, because there was some activity in the
bug entry after it had been marked as resolved.

> It's fixed in mainline as of commit d4da6c9 when Linus reverted commit
> d0646f7. Users could still see it if they mount a file system with -o
> journal_checksum, but (a) it's no longer the default, and (b)
> corruption if you use the non-default journal_checksum mount option is
> not a regression.
>
> We have fixes to make journal_checksum safe queued for 2.6.33, but the
> revert fixes the regression problem.

OK, great, thanks for the confirmation.

I'll close it now.

Best,
Rafael