Description of problem: When issuing a "cp -a --preserve=all folder_a /mnt/storage/" from an ext3 volume to a reiserfs volume, cp was killed. dmesg showed multiple stack traces and BUG messages. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Linux packetbane 2.6.17-1.2157_FC5 #1 SMP Tue Jul 11 22:53:56 EDT 2006 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: Unable to reproduce. Steps to Reproduce: Appeared when copying a large folder with many files and subfolders from an ext3 volume to a reiserfs volume. Both volumes are on LVM, which is on top of mdraid. Attaching dmesg output which includes multiple BUG messages and stack traces from the same event. Seems to indicate a kernel bug.
Created attachment 134994 [details] dmesg output
Changing to proper owner, kernel-maint.
Reiserfs oopses are better off reported in the upstream bugzilla, or posted to linux-kernel.org, where the upstream developers may give it attention.
The upstream bugzilla Enter Bug page indicates that they only want bugs from mainline or -mm kernels. Is sending Fedora kernel bugs up to them a standard procedure?
Yes, as we don't carry any patches to reiserfs, so it's extremely likely that this is an upstream bug.