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SubjectRe: [patch] FS (ext2) corruption generated by BLKFLSBUF/invalidate_buffers (2.2.x and 2.3.x)
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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Jason T Collins wrote:
>
> >[..] But it doesn't fix
>
> Woops, I seen one problem. Could you try again after applying this
> incremental fix over your current tree?
>
>
> A new global patch against stock 2.2.14pre9 is here:
>
> ftp://ftp.*.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/andrea/patches/v2.2/2.2.14pre9/buffer-races-3.gz
>
> Andrea

Yippee! That does it! I tried with 2 and 4 parallel processes each for a half
hour. Everything ran fine under the kernel with this patch where it generated
corruption in seconds before.

Great job Andrea! (cut to Wayne's World) We're not worthy, we're not worthy!

Hey Sam, get this one integrated into the VA kernel if you please... ;)

--
Jason T. Collins
Jr. Software Engineer

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