Bug#684293: root cause of mount hang in installer [kernel bug]

2012-08-11 Thread Jonathan Nieder
# symptoms appear with v3.2.19~14 (block: don't mark buffers beyond # end of disk as mapped, 2012-05-11) reassign 684293 src:linux linux-2.6/3.2.19-1 # fixed by v3.2.24~63 (block: fix infinite loop in __getblk_slow, # 2012-07-12) tags 684293 + upstream fixed-upstream # there's no such thing as a pa

Processed: Re: Bug#684293: root cause of mount hang in installer [kernel bug]

2012-08-11 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: > reassign 684293 linux Bug #684293 [iso-scan] installation-reports: Installer hangs at iso-scan step while mounting an extended partition Bug reassigned from package 'iso-scan' to 'linux'. No longer marked as found in versions iso-scan/1.40. Ignor

Re: Bug#684293: root cause of mount hang in installer [kernel bug]

2012-08-11 Thread Christian PERRIER
reassign 684293 linux severity 684293 critical thanks Quoting Brian Potkin (claremont...@gmail.com): > On Sat 11 Aug 2012 at 19:07:33 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: > > > Quoting M H (mh000...@yahoo.com): > > > After some googling I found out that the root cause of the recent mount > > > proble

Re: Bug#684293: root cause of mount hang in installer [kernel bug]

2012-08-08 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting M H (mh000...@yahoo.com): > After some googling I found out that the root cause of the recent mount > problems with extended partitions (maybe also mounting disks like sda) > are related to the infinite loop kernel bug in __getblk_slow. > > (see the explanation: https://patchwork.kernel.