On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 01:55:29PM +0000, Noa Resare wrote:
> Package: linux-image-amd64
> Version: 2.6.32+29
> Severity: minor
> Tags: patch
>
>
> With certain types of hardare (such as the Dell PowerEdge C5220 configured
> with the LSI SAS2008 disk controller) the command 'sas2icru 0 display'
> consistently segfaults when running the latest
> released Debian Squeeze kernel. The sas2ircu tool is a binary tool provided
> by the hardware
> vendor, which makes tracking down the error a bit tricky.
>
> We have, however, identified 5 line patch in Linus' upstream tree that
> applies cleanly to
> the stable debian kernel tree that resolves this issue for us. The commit ID
> of this change is
> ebda4d38df542e1ff4747c4daadfc7da250b4fa6
>
> We have been running a few hundred systems for a few months with this patch
> applied and have
> observed no regressions.
>
> Additional details about this issue and how we found the change can be found
> at
> http://labs.spotify.com/2013/01/28/finding-the-right-needle-in-the-kernel-haystack/
Hi Noa,
I had forwarded your patch to the maintainer of the 2.6.32.x longterm kernel and
it has now been included in the 2.6.32.61 release.
Once we include that kernel in a point release the bugfix will reach squeeze.
Cheers,
Moritz
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