Eric Sandeen wrote:
On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Soumen Chakrabarti wrote:
Repeatable bug, here's how to create the situation:
1. Start with a fresh install of stock RedHat 9.
2. Download kernel 2.4.22.
3. Patch in XFS 1.3.1 and build new kernel.
Ok, for starters, i don't think we shipped patches specifically
for xfs 1.3.1 + kernel 2.4.22, and the patches we did ship for 2.4.21
do not apply cleanly to 2.4.22.
I downloaded the patch around 10/15, from this URL:
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/patches/2.4.22
which seems to indicate that even on that date, there was a patch
available for 2.4.22 (maybe I looked where I should not). Today
(11/28), I can't even find a patch for 2.4.21 (at least not by moving up
to the parent dir ...patches/).
Some other people seem to have confirmed in the meantime that the
problem shown by bonnie on 2.4.22 + 1.3.1 is a real one.
I have some time now to either roll back to 2.4.21 if that is known to
fix the problem, OR to rebuild a 2.4.22 kenel, given that the "all"
patch file has changed in size and is now timestamped 11/10. I'd
appreciate it very much if a XFS developer can confirm what has happened
to this bug and if the 11/10 patch fixes it. Thanks.
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