Data loss after a system crash with an ext4 partition

[Alessio Gaeta]

Binary package hint: amule

The configuration file ~/.aMule/amule.conf (and likely others, I didn't check) became zero-length after a system crash. The file system I for my partitions is ext4, so very likely the issue is due to delayed allocation. For further information, see:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/317781

and namely:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/317781/comments/45

As a workaround (will it be enough?) I now mount my partitions with auto_da_alloc; maybe you should consider to make it the default for karmic.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 7 18:38:04 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: amule 2.2.5-1.1ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-12.39-generic
SourcePackage: amule
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-12-generic i686

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.