Pandu Poluan wrote: > > > On Oct 26, 2012 3:14 AM, "Dale" <rdalek1...@gmail.com > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Pandu Poluan wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Oct 25, 2012 10:08 AM, "Michael Mol" <mike...@gmail.com > <mailto:mike...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://lwn.net/Articles/521022/ > >> > > >> > Links to relevant analysis. Useful comments. 'nuff said. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > :wq > >> > >> Nice find, thanks. But the update to that article which gave a link > to Theo T'so email is quite unnerving. He said that his initial > hypothesis had not been proven and he himself is back in the dark. > >> > >> Not much confidence in ext4 for the time being for me. Back to > reiserfs? ;-) > >> > >> Rgds, > >> -- > > > > > > > > Or just don't update the kernel until it is fixed. After all, if the > kernel you are using works and is not a serious security problem, just > use it for a while. They will fix it pretty soon I'm sure. > > > > Unfortunately, since Ted T'so himself couldn't even pinpoint what's > wrong, how can I be sure that other kernel versions are unaffected? > > Rgds, > -- >
Well, sometimes you just have to go with what you know. I saw a list of the versions that are affected so I would avoid those at least. This could be one of those times where a older kernel may be a good idea. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!