Re: [PATCH] VFS readahead bug in 2.6.8-rc[1-3]

[Pozsar Balazs]

On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 04:58:21AM +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Phillip Lougher wrote:
> >Nick Piggin wrote:
> >
> >>On second thought, maybe not. I think your filesystem is at fault.
> >
> >
> >No I'm not wrong here. With a read-only filesystem i_size can
> >never change, there are no possible race conditions.  If a too
> >large index is passed it is a VFS bug.  Are you suggesting I should
> >start to code assuming the VFS is broken?
> >
> 
> No, I suggest you start to code assuming this interface does
> what it does. I didn't say there is no bug here, but nobody
> else's filesystem breaks.

Well, that might not exactly be true. We have noticed the same problem 
with ext2 too. Maybe I can send an example initrd image which triggers 
the bug on Monday.


-- 
Pozsar Balazs
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