Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964779AbWH1K2G (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:28:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964781AbWH1K2G (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:28:06 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:14797 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964779AbWH1K2D (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Aug 2006 06:28:03 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux v2.6.18-rc5 From: Kasper Sandberg To: Jesper Juhl Cc: Linus Torvalds , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Nathan Scott In-Reply-To: <9a8748490608280310q65c1335cr2603b044c340a489@mail.gmail.com> References: <9a8748490608280310q65c1335cr2603b044c340a489@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:27:49 +0200 Message-Id: <1156760869.24904.1.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2049 Lines: 44 On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 12:10 +0200, Jesper Juhl wrote: > On 28/08/06, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > > Ok, > > this was delayed three weeks due to a combination of vacations and a > > funeral in Finland, but Greg and Andrew kept on top of things, and we were > > fairly late in the release cycle anyway, so it hopefully caused no real > > problems apart from obviously delaying the final release a tiny bit. > > > > Linux 2.6.18-rc5 is out there now, both in git form and as patches and > > tar-balls (the latter which I forgot for -rc4, but Greg covered for me - > > blush). > > > > The shortlog (appended) tells the story: various fixes all around. > > Powerpc, V4L, networking, SCSI.. > > > > Pls test it out, and please remind all the appropriate people about any > > regressions you find (including any found earlier if they haven't been > > addressed yet). > > > Not really a regression, more like a long standing bug, but XFS has > issues in 2.6.18-rc* (and earlier kernels, at least post 2.6.11). and you are saying this issue exists in all post .11 kernels? > With heavy rsync load to a machine with XFS filesystems, XFS falls > over and filesystems are in need of xfs_repair. > I'm doing all I can to gather info for Nathan so he can fix the bug, > but it's hard to trigger reliably. could you please describe whatever you have found out, im eager to take a look at it myself > My point is that perhaps it's worth delaying 2.6.18 a little longer in > the hope of getting that bug fixed before release. Nathan? > At least for me, XFS in its current state (and thus 2.6.18) is > unusable in production environments. > > See the thread titled "2.6.18-rc3-git3 - XFS - BUG: unable to handle > kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000078" for the > full story. > - 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/