On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 6:13 AM, James Hogarth <james.hogarth at gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi >> I have install the kernel using the Centosplus repo .. currenlly the kernel >> is >> 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.centos.plus >> but how would i know if that patch is fixed in this version of the kernel >> as mentioned in http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=3156 >> -- >> Regards >> Agnello D'souza > > How about reading the bug you linked where it states quite explicitly > that it was fixed in the 5.3 centos plus kernel > (2.6.18-128.el5.centos.plus) and recognising the version number as > previous to the one you just installed... > > James And if you wish to confirm that the patch is in the current centosplus kernel you are running, issue a command: rpm -q --changelog kernel-`uname -r` | more You will find this line: - added reiserfs patch (bug3156) somewhere near the top of the output. Akemi