On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:10:37AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 09:56:46AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > If so, then IIUC the answer is a resounding "YES, it is safe!". > > It just may be unusable, so you may have to downgrade to 6.1.0-13 until > > the problem is fixed. > > > > That's a very different issue from the ext4 corruption problem in > > 6.1.0-14 which can eat your data. > > Safety is subjective. A great deal will depend on what kind of system > is being upgraded. If it's a remote server to which you have limited > or no physical access, booting a kernel that may "just be unusable" > (enough to prevent editing GRUB menus and rebooting) could be a disaster.
...but that one most probably won't be attached via a Broadcom to the 'net. Who knows, though :) > I speak for no one but myself, but I'm gonna wait at least a week before > upgrading past 6.1.0-13-amd64 on any of my systems. Was a crazy week, wasn't it? Cheers -- t
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