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2.4.20 ext3 Data Corrupting Bug Fixed

Posted by timothy on from the does-not-fix-mind-corruption dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The ext3 data corrupting bug found in the latest stable Linux kernel and reported by Slashdot here and here has been fixed. In this interesting KernelTrap story Andrew Morton describes the problem and offers a working patch. Evidently the bug has its roots in a much bigger design issue, something that won't likely be fixed in the current 2.4 kernel series. In any case, with Morton's patch applied your data will not be corrupted."

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  1. QA test cases. by Trusty+Penfold · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Where can I find the QA documentation, test cases and scripts for ext3? I would like to verify that this bug, and variations thereof, will be caught before release in the future. Thanks.

    They don't seem to be at the ext3 home (linked to in the story).

    Open Source is useless without Open Procedures, Open Documentation and Open Quality Control.

  2. Should be front page. by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Why did /. have to cover this 3 times in the dev section. I know many non-dev types who jump on point releases as soon as they come out. They should know about this.

    I hate to say it, but maybe /. doesn't like stories that make linix look bad.

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    1. Re:Should be front page. by ignorant_newbie · · Score: 3, Insightful

      because anyone who runs the brand new shiniest version of anything on their machine should expect that it's not perfect, and should go look at resources for developers.

      slashdot:
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    2. Re:Should be front page. by gmhowell · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Hmm, yup, 'ignorant newbie' just about sums it up. This is a 2.4 problem. You know, 2.4, the current STABLE, safe release of the Linux kernel?

      Sometime in the future, 2.4 will go down in history as one serious cluster-fuck of a kernel.

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