Comment 135 for bug 445852

(In reply to comment #5)
> The simple fact is that rawhide (and the ubuntu betas) had this code for months
> already, and we got quite a few bug reports, but never something about this
> issue. This issue only appeared a couple of weeks back, and hence I am
> wondering if something else changed in that time, because libatasmart didn't.
>

The Ubuntu bug report goes back to early October, however the link with libatasmart was only made very recently.

There is no interplay with any specific kernel version: The bug has been confirmed on 2.6.28, 2.6.29, 2.6.30, 2.6.31 and 2.6.32. Both Ubuntu patched versions and mainline kernels are affected.

The bug has been confirmed as libatasmart only; testing has shown that smartmontools does not give the same problem. Early initialisation is a possible issue, though the problem can be readily reproduced at any time.

Comment #129 of the Ubuntu Bug Report is well worth reading, because it seems to be isolating the bug.

I will attach the straces from the Ubuntu Bug Report to this report