Re: Is XFS trustworthy in the latest 2.6.16

[Nathan Scott <nathans@sgi.com>]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 11:34:10AM +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote:
> Nathan Scott schrieb:
> > On Tue, Aug 08, 2006 at 09:34:48AM +0200, Manuel Reimer wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> could someone please tell me if XFS is trustworthy in the latest 2.6.16? 
> >> There have been some bugs:
> >>
> >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6380
> >> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6757
> > 
> > These are the same problem.  2.6.16 is unaffected.
> 
> But the bug has been filed for 2.6.16.4.

Indeed, once the corruption exists ondisk all kernels will detect it.
Read through the entire bug, many details come toward the end.

> Did you want to say, that the latest 2.6.16 is unaffected?

All 2.6.16's are unaffected.

> >> want a stable kernel and 2.6.16 seems to fit all my needs.
> > 
> > For XFS, its goodness.  2.6.18 will be good too, and 2.6.17.7+.
> 
> What exactly did you want to tell with this sentence. Sorry, but my 
> native language is german...

Sorry, I meant to say "theres nothing wrong with 2.6.16".

> Is it a good solution to stay on the 2.6.16 branch? Of course I could 

Yes, thats fine.

cheers.

-- 
Nathan
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