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This is mostly fixed in all Fedora branches, as commit 4e96b2dbbf1d7e81f22047a50f862555a6cb87cb resolved the issue and went into the 3.2 kernel release. However, Eric posted a follow up patch to fix the root of the problem here: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.ext4/30623 That can be applied to all branches.
The above patch has been applied to all Fedora branches.
kernel-2.6.42.3-2.fc15 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 15. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.42.3-2.fc15
kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 16. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16
Package kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 16 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16' as soon as you are able to, then reboot. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-1497/kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
kernel-3.2.5-3.fc16 has been pushed to the Fedora 16 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
kernel-2.6.42.3-2.fc15 has been pushed to the Fedora 15 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.