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SubjectRe: ext4 file system corruption with v4.19.3 / v4.19.4
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Am 02.12.18 um 21:19 schrieb Andrey Melnikov:
> чт, 29 нояб. 2018 г. в 01:08, Rainer Fiebig <jrf@mailbox.org>:
>>
>> Am 28.11.18 um 22:13 schrieb Andrey Melnikov:
>>> ср, 28 нояб. 2018 г. в 18:55, Rainer Fiebig <jrf@mailbox.org>:
>>>>
>>>> Am Mittwoch, 28. November 2018, 13:02:56 schrieb Andrey Jr. Melnikov:
>>>>> In gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4 Theodore Y. Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 03:16:33AM +0300, Andrey Jr. Melnikov wrote:
>>>>>>> Corrupted inodes - always directory, not touched at least year or
>>>>>>> more for writing. Something wrong when updating atime?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We're not sure. The frustrating thing is that it's not reproducing
>>>>>> for me. I run extensive regression tests, and I'm using 4.19 on my
>>>>>> development laptop without notcing any problems. If I could reproduce
>>>>>> it, I could debug it, but since I can't, I need to rely on those who
>>>>>> are seeing the problem to help pinpoint the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> My workstation hit this bug every time after boot. If you have an idea - I
>>>>> may test it.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to figure out common factors from those people who are
>>>>>> reporting problems.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (a) What distribution are you running (it appears that many people
>>>>>> reporting problems are running Ubuntu, but this may be a sampling
>>>>>> issue; lots of people run Ubuntu)? (For the record, I'm using Debian
>>>>>> Testing.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Debian sid but self-build kernel from ubuntu mainline-ppa.
>>>>
>>>> You could try a vanilla 4.19.5 from https://www.kernel.org/
>>>> and compile it with your current .config.
>>>
>>> mainline-ppa use vanilla kernel. Patches only adds debian specific
>>> build infrastructure.
>>>
>>>> If you still see the errors, at least the Ubuntu-kernel could be ruled out.
>>>>
>>>> In addition, if you still see the errors:
>>>>
>>>> - backup your .config in a *different* folder (so that you can later re-use
>>>> it)
>>>> - do a "make mrproper" (deletes the .config, see above)
>>>> - do a "make defconfig"
>>>> - and compile the kernel with that new .config
>>>
>>> defconfig is great - for abstract hardware in vacuum.
>>>
>>>> If you still have the problem after that, you may want to learn how to bisect.
>>>> ;)
>>> I'm already know how-to bisect. From kernel 2.0 era. Without git ;)
>>>
>>> This problem simply non-bisectable, when same kernel corrupt FS on my
>>> workstation but normally working on other servers.
>>> And now - FS corrupted again with disabled CONFIG_EXT4_ENCRYPTION. Great.
>>
>> OK, - and now we are looking forward to *your* ideas how to solve this.
>
> After four days playing games around git bisect - real winner is
> debian gcc-8.2.0-9. Upgrade it to 8.2.0-10 or use 7.3.0-30 version for
> same kernel + config - does not exhibit ext4 corruption.
>
> I think I hit this https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=87859
> with 8.2.0-9 version.
>
Good that it works for you. But others used gcc 5.4.0 or 6.3.0 and were
hit anyway: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201685#c165

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