[SGVLUG] Not-so-quick question 2

[Matt Campbell]

Hi David,

Thanks for the pointer.  The Fedora kernel guys think the problem is a sign
error in the ext2 code.  (2^31 * 4k blocks = 8796093022208 FS limit).  I'm
moving over to ext3 to see if the problem goes away. Unfortunately I am
limited to 4k block size by the underlying page size.

Oh well, it was just data anyway....

Matt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of David Lawyer
> Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:29 PM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Not-so-quick question 2
> 
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 05:38:59PM -0700, Matt Campbell wrote:
> > Ok, here's the real question:
> >
> >
> > I have a linux kernel bug problem.  On shutdown it looks like my
> server is
> > removing the sd device before the SCSI sync finishes.  This results
> in the
> > computer hanging part way through shutdown.
> [snip]
> >
> > So, where can I go to post this problem?  I would like to give back
> to the
> > community by offering my computer as a test bed to solve this, but I
> don't
> > know where to start.
> 
> Normally you just send a bug report to your Linux Distribution.  For
> example, Debian has a special url to send bug reports to.  Then they
> are supposed to check it out, send it to kernel developers and report
> back to you when the bug is fixed.  Sometimes the bug eventually gets
> fixed as kernel code is updated.  You have a race condition that may
> not be easy to replicate on another machine.
> 
> 			David Lawyer