From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264252AbTLYBVm (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:21:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264256AbTLYBVm (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:21:42 -0500 Received: from 153.Red-213-4-13.pooles.rima-tde.net ([213.4.13.153]:56580 "EHLO kerberos.felipe-alfaro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264252AbTLYBVk (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 20:21:40 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test11 data loss From: Felipe Alfaro Solana To: Keith Lea Cc: Linux Kernel Mailinglist In-Reply-To: <3FEA0C3C.9090601@cs.oswego.edu> References: <3FEA0C3C.9090601@cs.oswego.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1072315297.2423.22.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-8) Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 02:21:37 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 22:59, Keith Lea wrote: > Hello, I'm not subscribed to this list. This is not a help request, and > not really a bug report, I just thought someone should know about this. > > I installed the 2.6.0-beta11-mm kernel last week, and the other day my > computer locked up (this is normal on my laptop with every kernel > version I've tried, this isn't the problem I'm posting about). When I > restarted, many, many files that had been open when it locked up were > filled with garbage, or the contents of totally unrelated files. For > example, my syslog contained some KDE header file code, and > /sbin/modprobe contained 82kb of data that seemed like random noise. I > think each file was the same size as it was originally, just with > different data, but I'm not sure. > > The corruption happened on two separate partitions on a single IDE > laptop drive, and both were ReiserFS 3.6 partitions. I don't know if > this is a kernel bug or a Reiser bug or something else, but I thought > the kernel developers should know about this, and be on the lookout for > similar things (hopefully with more informative bug reports than mine). > I'm sorry I don't have more information, but if anyone wants to know > more about my system I'd be glad to help. I know this is not the answer you're looking for but, could you please test again using 2.6.0 or 2.6.0-mm1? 2.6.0-test11 is a bit ouf of date now that 2.6.0 has gone gold.