Excellent, thanks! I'm still a little sqeemish, but will try using it for my main datastore again next week.
-serge On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Tim Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Serge - that is the right kernel version from my PPA. Looks like the > corruption bug is fixed. > > -- > Hardy ecryptfs can cause data loss > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242448 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in The Linux Kernel: Unknown > Status in "linux" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed > Status in linux in Ubuntu Hardy: Fix Committed > > Bug description: > This bug can cause data loss on an ecryptfs mounted filesystem. > > The test case looks like this: > > # mkdir /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir2 > # mount -t ecryptfs /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir2 > (any ecryptfs mount options are fine, choose defaults) > # cp /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 /tmp/dir2 > # umount /tmp/dir2 > # mount -t ecryptfs /tmp/dir1 /tmp/dir2 > (choose same options/passphrase as last mount) > # echo foo >> /tmp/dir2/GPL-3 > # tail /tmp/dir2/GPL-3 > # reset > > You will see badly decrypted data printed to screen, whereas you should see > the GPLv3 plus "foo" printed to screen. The data in this file is permanently > hosed. > > The fix for this bug was applied upstream against 2.6.26, and is already in > the intrepid kernel. > > The git commit diff can be seen here: > * > http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commitdiff;h=d3e49afbb66109613c3474f2273f5830ac2dcb09 > > I will gladly test a new Hardy kernel as soon as it becomes available. > > :-Dustin > -- Hardy ecryptfs can cause data loss https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/242448 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
