Data-Corrupting ext3 Bug In Linux 2.4.20

Posted by timothy on Monday December 2, 2002 @04:15PM from the kaflooey dept.

linuxjack55 writes "Kerneltrap is reporting a data-corrupting bug in the ext3 code of kernel 2.4.20. The scope of the problem (and workarounds) are described in the article, which also includes a link to an interesting interview with kernel hacker Andrew Morton. In it, he states that the '2.4.x core has only stabilized very recently' and the 2.4.x kernel is 'even now...in a late beta state.' He was also asked when the 2.4 kernel could be considered stable. His reply: 'Six months, perhaps?' If that prediction is accurate, 2.6.x could arrive before a 'stable' version of 2.4.x does." (The interview with Morton is from last February -- how stable you consider 2.4 right now is up to you.)

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Duplicate. by Naikrovek · 2002-12-02 16:18 · Score: 3, Insightful

they get paid to *not* do this. Why do they not read their own site?

Mod me down if you must, but I have a good point here.

http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02 /1 2/02/0128206&mode=nested&tid=106
1. Re:Duplicate. by Naikrovek · 2002-12-02 16:57 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  To be fair, I suppose these guys see *thousands* of submissions per week and easily forget what's been posted and what hasn't.
  
  But writing a simple filter to check past stories for the same hyperlinks shoudln't be too hard, i wouldn't think.
  
  Ah well.