Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> > Kernels 3.4, 3.5, and 3.6 can result in severe data corruption if
> > you're using the EXT4 filesystem:
> >
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIxNDQ
> >
> > This includes gentoo-sources. I hope the Gentoo developers are on top
> > of this. In the meantime, avoid doing reboots after too short an uptime.
> >
> >
> >
>
> Oh crap. O_O
>
> This is one of those times I am glad I am not a shutdown/restart nut. lol
>
> root@fireball / # uptime
> 09:39:19 up 32 days, 1:48, 5 users, load average: 0.35, 0.35, 0.44
> root@fireball / #
>
> Should be safe enough by now. I wonder what version will have the fix
> tho? 3.7? 3.8? They move pretty quick tho. That's good.
>
> Thanks for the heads up.
>
> Dale, not going to panic yet.
>
> :-) :-)
>
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>
What git tree is this -- maybe I can get the diff and reverse patch till
a newer version comes out?
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