buffer/page cache aliasing? Re: 2.4 odd behaviour of ramdisk + cramfs

[bert hubert]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 05:32:49PM +0100, Remco van Mook wrote:

> #! /bin/sh
> cat /flash/modules-2.4.21 > /dev/ram1
> mount -t cramfs -o ro /dev/ram1 /lib/modules
> 
> Running it once causes the mount to fail with 'cramfs: wrong magic' - 
> running it twice will make mount succeed on the second try.

Sounds like buffer/page cache aliasing perhaps? Does it work with other
filesystems? 

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