Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932551AbWHHJAY (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:00:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932560AbWHHJAY (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:00:24 -0400 Received: from smtp.hickorytech.net ([216.114.192.16]:41634 "EHLO avalanche.hickorytech.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932551AbWHHJAX (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Aug 2006 05:00:23 -0400 Message-ID: <44D852A5.3080008@mnsu.edu> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:00:21 -0500 From: Jeffrey Hundstad User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.4 (X11/20060713) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Nathan Scott Cc: Manuel Reimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Is XFS trustworthy in the latest 2.6.16 References: <20060808185017.A2528231@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <20060808185017.A2528231@wobbly.melbourne.sgi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1114 Lines: 40 Nathan Scott wrote: > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:34:48AM +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> could someone please tell me if XFS is trustworthy in the latest 2.6.16? >> There have been some bugs: >> >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6380 >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6757 >> > > These are the same problem. 2.6.16 is unaffected. > > >> want a stable kernel and 2.6.16 seems to fit all my needs. >> > > For XFS, its goodness. 2.6.18 will be good too, and 2.6.17.7+. > > cheers. > > If you have run 2.6.17 to 2.6.17.6 or early 2.6.18-rc? however; please run a xfs_repair v.2.6.10; because the corruption may/will have already taken place and a silent time bomb may be waiting. Three machines already died with symptom of the corruption on kernels that no longer have the problem. -- Jeffrey Hundstad - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/