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From: Kerin Millar <kerframil@×××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:11:40
Message-Id: 50889166.2000102@fastmail.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Heads-up: Several kernel versions have severe EXT4 data corruption bug by "Canek Peláez Valdés"
1 Canek Peláez Valdés wrote:
2 > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Nikos Chantziaras<realnc@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if you're
4 >> using the EXT4 filesystem:
5 >>
6 >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ
7 >>
8 >> This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on top of
9 >> this. In the meantime, avoid doing reboots after too short an uptime.
10 >
11 > Doesn't seem to be that serious:
12 >
13 > https://plus.google.com/u/0/117091380454742934025/posts/Wcc5tMiCgq7
14
15 Might I enquire as to the manner in which this comment impartially
16 establishes that the consequences of the bug upon those affected is not
17 serious?
18
19 --Kerin

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