Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Meskes
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 02:39:01PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > And they are all in the > > risk of losing data. > > Please explain. Data not reaching the disk is something which can't be > avoided in a crash situation. Data loss in the kernel con

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Bastian Blank
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 01:49:51PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:49:36AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > And they are all in the > risk of losing data. Please explain. Data not reaching the disk is something which can't b

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Meskes
> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:49:36AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > > Not sure whether the severity is correct, > > No. There are many system which don't choke on this. Right, but there are also many systems choking. And they are all in the risk of losing data. > The patch is applied upstream fo

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Bastian Blank
severity 479709 important close 479709 2.6.26-1 thanks On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:49:36AM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote: > Not sure whether the severity is correct, No. There are many system which don't choke on this. > I doubt it's a good idea to have this kernel in Lenny, especially > with

Bug#479709: Still there

2008-07-30 Thread Michael Meskes
severity 479709 grave thanks Not sure whether the severity is correct, but this time the bug hit me with a dataloss and I suppose that others might/will experience the same. I doubt it's a good idea to have this kernel in Lenny, especially with the patch being that easy. Michael -- Michael Meske