The Latest Linux Kernel Git Code Fixes The EXT4 RAID0 Corruption Problem

[phoronix]

Phoronix: The Latest Linux Kernel Git Code Fixes The EXT4 RAID0 Corruption Problem

An EXT4 file-system corruption problem was uncovered with Linux 4.0 that turned out to be an MD RAID0 issue with the Linux kernel in the latest stable series. This RAID corruption issue has now been fixed in the latest kernel Git code...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Git-RAID0-EXT4-Fix

[magika]

Quick! Update all your kernels to git!

[david_lynch]

Quick! Update all your kernels to git!

Nah, I don't think the RHEL or Centos 3.10 kernels, or the SLES 3.0 kernel are affected

[gigaplex]

You keep referring to this as an EXT4 issue even after the revelation that this is an mdadm bug. Why? Does this not affect other file systems?

[TumultuousUnicorn]

Already ported on Arch Linux.

[MWisBest]

You keep referring to this as an EXT4 issue even after the revelation that this is an mdadm bug. Why? Does this not affect other file systems?

It indeed affects any filesystem that supports and enables TRIM, yes.

Source: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98501#c16

[magika]

The issue has been addressed in the linux 4.0.4-2 and linux-lts 3.14.43-2 updates.

Woah.