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EXT4 Data Corruption Bug Hits Linux Kernel

Posted by Soulskill on from the plenty-of-time-to-fix dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An EXT4 file-system data corruption issue has reached the stable Linux kernel. The latest Linux 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 stable kernels have an EXT4 file-system bug described as an apparent serious progressive ext4 data corruption bug. Kernel developers have found and bisected the kernel issue but are still working on a proper fix for the stable Linux kernel. The EXT4 file-system can experience data loss if the file-system is remounted (or the system rebooted) too often."

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  1. Bisected? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Kernel developers have found and bisected the kernel issue...

    They split it in half? I suspect you mean disected.

  2. Re:I don't see the problem then... by vistapwns · · Score: 1, Troll

    What is it about Linux users' jokes that remind me of the Iraqi Information Minister? ;)

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    "...I think the Microsoft hatred is a disease." - Linus Torvalds
  3. Re:Reinventing the wheel by h4rr4r · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hopefully BTFS will conquer this.

    Blame SUN, they choose a license for ZFS to ensure it never had proper in kernel linux support. They did that because Linux was eating their lunch and still is.

  4. Re:Low impact by jones_supa · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously, I have to agree here. It is extremely rare for NTFS to get corrupted under Windows. It just wins this battle.

    On Linux front, I presume FS corruption bugs partly arise from the continuously evolving R&D development style of the kernel. New file systems get invented all the time and previous ones get tweaked. Can't say if it's good or bad, it's just another way of doing things. I myself have not wished much since the journal support of ext3.