Created attachment 609292 [details] Kernel stack trace Description of problem: Kernel exception when a scheduled back-up command with tar was issued on Sunday 00:00. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):kernel-3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64 How reproducible: Run a schedueld tar. Steps to Reproduce: 1. From crontab: 0 0 * * 0 /usr/local/sbin/getbackup 2. And getbackup script runs a: tar zcf $BACKUP_ROOT/$backupfile.tgz $backupname for various system directories Actual results: The back-up failed. Expected results: The back-up should have finished successfully. Additional info: In the attached file kernel-stack-trace.txt is the message.
*** Bug 853589 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 852724 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I believe this has been fixed upstream with 89a4e48f8479f8145eca9698f39fe188c982212f ext4: fix kernel BUG on large-scale rm -rf commands Thanks -Lukas
(In reply to comment #3) > I believe this has been fixed upstream with > > 89a4e48f8479f8145eca9698f39fe188c982212f ext4: fix kernel BUG on large-scale > rm -rf commands That commit was backported and added to the 3.5.3 stable release. F17 is on 3.5.3 now in stable updates and thus should be fixed. Thanks Lukas!