Bug 201654

Summary:	xfsprogs doesn't detect directory courruption with kernel version 2.6.17
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Thomas Antony <thomas>
Component:	xfsprogs	Assignee:	Russell Cattelan <cattelan>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	5	CC:	mgarski
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#dir2
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Description Thomas Antony 2006-08-07 23:12:28 UTC

Description of problem:
In the Linux kernel 2.6.17 release a subtle bug was accidentally introduced into
the XFS directory code by some "sparse" endian annotations. The result is
direcory corruption and data loss. To add insult to injury, xfs_repair(8) is
currently not correcting these directories on detection of this corrupt state
either. The xfs_check tool, or xfs_repair -n, should be able to detect any
directory corruption. Version 2.8.10 is able to detect and repair the directory
corruption.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xfsprogs-2.7.3

How reproducible:


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Actual results:
xfs_check and xfs_repair does not detect and repair the directory corruption.

Expected results:
The xfs_check tool, or xfs_repair -n, should be able to detect any directory
corruption.

Additional info:
http://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/faq.html#dir2

Comment 1 Russell Cattelan 2006-09-27 20:50:44 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 205906 ***