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On Sat, Jan 04, 2020 at 09:28:45AM -0500, Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 1/4/20 5:06 AM, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote:
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> > Hi,
> > 
> > The just released 4.0.2 has severe bug - dom0 kernel crashes on DISCARD
> > operation[1]
> > I have got this error on 4.19.x kernel while testing upcoming Qubes 4.1
> > too[2], but not while testing R4.0.2. Not exactly sure why it worked for
> > me on R4.0.2 (and -rc3), but the bug looks to affect many users. BTW the
> > same applies to the updated 4.19.89 kernel for current-testing (due to
> > holiday season, it hasn't migrated to current aka stable - thankfully).
> > The bug (according to kernel changelog) should be fixed in 4.19.90
> > (commit "block: fix single range discard merge"), but I haven't tested
> > it yet.
> > 
> > Anyway R4.0.2 is broken. When the fix is ready, I think we should
> > substitute it with a fixed version ASAP. But I'm not sure how to name
> > it:
> >   - R4.0.3 - next point release, just earlier one
> >   - R4.0.2.1 - point release of a point release, since the change is very
> >     minimal
> > 
> > Any opinions?
> > 
> > [1] https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5553
> > [2] 
> > https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/5529#issuecomment-569312158
> 
> Can discards be disabled from the 4.0.2 installer? That could reduce the
> urgency for a new release.

Not easily, besides 'discard' mount option (easy), we also have
'blkdiscard' call deeper in our scripts.

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Best Regards,
Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
Invisible Things Lab
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
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