Re: Known and unfixed active data loss bug in MM + XFS with large folios since Dec 2021 (any kernel from 6.1 upwards)

From: Chris Mason
Date: Fri Sep 13 2024 - 12:38:35 EST


On 9/13/24 12:04 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Chris Mason <clm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I've mentioned this in the past to both Willy and Dave Chinner, but so
>> far all of my attempts to reproduce it on purpose have failed.
>
> Could it be a splice bug?

I really wanted it to be a splice bug, but I believe the 6.9 workload I
mentioned isn't using splice. I didn't 100% verify though.

-chris