Re: ext4 metadata corruption bug?
From: Sander Smeenk <hidden>
Date: 2014-08-06 09:39:01
Quoting Theodore Ts'o (tytso@mit.edu):
Are you folks still seeing ext4_mb_generate_buddy or ext4_mb_release_inode_pa EXT4-fs errors? I think I may have found a fix for this problem. Or at least, I've found one of the causes. If we get a memory allocation failure from ext4_mb_new_inode_pa(), it can cause these errors.
Good to hear a probable cause was found. Unfortunately for this bug's progress, i've switched to a newer kernel altogether since the 3.13 tree in Ubuntu has had a lot of other problems besides this EXT4 ext_mb_generate_buddy issue. With 3.15.0 i have not experienced any ext4 issues at all. If you want me to, i would be willing to boot that VM in 3.13 with this patch, but as said, it can take ages before the bug was triggered... Thanks for your hard work. -Sndr. -- | > Because we read from top to bottom. | > > Why should i start my email reply *below* the quoted text? | 4096R/20CC6CD2 - 6D40 1A20 B9AA 87D4 84C7 FBD6 F3A9 9442 20CC 6CD2