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Comment 203 for bug 330824

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Michael Rooney (mrooney) wrote : Re: [Bug 330824] Re: Soft lockups (freezes) when deleting files from ext4 partitions on 2.6.28

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 2:16 AM, Jason Waddle<email address hidden> wrote:
> Releasing with ext4 (without any sort of cautionary warnings in the
> installer!) in this shape was a serious mistake.

It is also documented in the release notes:
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/904#Lock-ups%20when%20deleting%20files%20from%20ext4%20filesystems

When I decided to give ext4 a try I definitely searched the release
notes for ext4 related issues and understood the risk I was taking.
Note this isn't something most people are expected to do, but it is
definitely a good idea for the minority of people adjusting critical
parts of an OS.