Rik van Riel wrote:
>
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
>
> > I was using 2.3.43 (and all other recent 2.3.x) without observing
> > this specific problem so it is something new to 2.3.44. I have not
> > narrowed it down yet but the symptom is that I can't start any
> > large programs (e.g. X) and can't compile almost anything, gcc
> > randomly dies with SIGSEGV.
>
> This problem is not new. 2.3.42 and 2.3.43 have it too.
>
> [..]
>
> It's a typical SMP problem, supposedly caused by bugs in
> the TLB flush code.
>
The TLB flush code changed in 2.3.43 and .44. If you see corruptions
with 2.3.42, then the TLB changes cannot be the cause for the
corruptions.
Andrea posted 2 fixes for filesystem corruptions in 2.3.42, do you know
if they are already included in Linus' kernel?
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