Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Meskes
severity 479709 grave thanks Not sure whether the severity is correct, but this time the bug hit me with a dataloss and I suppose that others might/will experience the same. I doubt it's a good idea to have this kernel in Lenny, especially with the patch being that easy. Michael -- Michael

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Bastian Blank
severity 479709 important close 479709 2.6.26-1 thanks On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:49:36AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: Not sure whether the severity is correct, No. There are many system which don't choke on this. I doubt it's a good idea to have this kernel in Lenny, especially with

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Meskes
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:49:36AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: Not sure whether the severity is correct, No. There are many system which don't choke on this. Right, but there are also many systems choking. And they are all in the risk of losing data. The patch is applied upstream for

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 01:49:51PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:49:36AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: And they are all in the risk of losing data. Please explain. Data not reaching the disk is something which can't be

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Meskes
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:39:01PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: And they are all in the risk of losing data. Please explain. Data not reaching the disk is something which can't be avoided in a crash situation. Data loss in the kernel context