On Wed, Dec 19, 09:16, Dave Chinner wrote: > There is a logic inversion in xfssyncd_worker() which means that the > log is not periodically forced or idled correctly. This means that > metadata changes aggregated in memory do not get flushed in a timely > manner, and hence if filesystem is not cleanly unmounted those > changes can be lost. This loss can manifest itself even hours after > the changes were made if the filesystem is left to idle without a > sync() occurring between the last modification and the > crash/shutdown occuring. > > cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 3.7, 3.6, 3.5 As 3.5 and 3.6 are end of life, Greg will probably apply this only to 3.7. Also, the problematic line, > - if (!(mp->m_super->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) && appears to be in the longterm kernels 3.2.35 and 3.4.24 as well (it was changed in commit 1307bbd which got reverted in 11159a05). Are these kernels also affected? Thanks Andre -- The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe
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