[arch-general] Kernel NULL pointer and crash - raid bug in 4.1.6 - and fix

[Christian Hesse]

Tobias Powalowski <tobias.powalowski at googlemail.com> on Thu, 2015/09/03 17:08:
> Am 03.09.2015 um 15:03 schrieb Genes Lists:
> > I (and others) have enocuntered a pretty nasty raid bug that crashes
> > the machine running current 4.1.x stable. It seems a commit is
> > available but not yet in 4.1.6.
> >
> > (commit 49895bcc7e566ba455eb2996607d6fbd3447ce16)
> >
> > Seems like it is in 4.2 tho.
> >
> > Not sure it's worth patching 4.1.6 with this if 4.2 is imminent - but
> > it may be - it kills the machine and has caused some file lossage.
> >
> > Bugzilla:
> >
> >    Upstream: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103711
> >    Arch    : https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/46188
> >
> > Tobias - what do you suggest best way to proceed - skip as 4.2 is out
> > or patch 4.1.6?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > gene/
> Uploading 4.2 to testing now, so no need to patch 4.1.x.

Uh, we have linux-lts 4.1.7-2 in [core], which has this RAID5 issue, no?

Can we get a fix there?
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