XFS Metadata Corruption on Linux 6.3 Tracked Down to One Missing One-Line Patch

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Last week XFS users began encountering metadata corruption on the latest Linux 6.3 point releases. Following kernel developers and those testing the kernels on affected hardware over the US holiday weekend, it's believed the issue has been tracked down to one missing patch that is a one line of code being deleted. XFS developer Dave Chinner at Red Hat suggested on Saturday trying this patch on the Linux 6.3 kernel for those plagued by this XFS metadata corruption problem. It turns out this patch fixes the problem even for those not using XFS stripes. Patching Linux 6.3 with that one line of code deletion resolved the XFS issues for two affected individuals. Linux 6.3 builds with this patch included are on their way to the Fedora 37 and 38 testing repositories. This patch should also work its way into a new upstream Linux 6.3 point release in the coming days.
XFS Metadata Corruption on Linux 6.3 Tracked Down to One Missing One-Line Patch



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