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Linux 4.0 Has a File-System Corruption Problem, RAID Users Warned

Posted by timothy on from the don't-store-the-ark-there dept.

An anonymous reader writes: For the past few days kernel developers and Linux users have been investigating an EXT4 file-system corruption issue affecting the latest stable kernel series (Linux 4.0) and the current development code (Linux 4.1). It turns out that Linux users running the EXT4 file-system on a RAID0 configuration can easily destroy their file-system with this newest "stable" kernel. The cause and fix have materialized but it hasn't yet worked its way out into the mainline kernel, thus users should be warned before quickly upgrading to the new kernel on systems with EXT4 and RAID0.

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  1. Linux is clearly unstable! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll stick with Windows Vista, thanks.

  2. stable by rossdee · · Score: 4, Funny

    this is obviously some strange usage of the word "stable" that I wasn't previously aware of.

    1. Re:stable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you ever owned horses, you would understand what "stable" means in this context

  3. Raid kills bugs dead! by TeknoHog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, there goes that slogan.

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