Re: File corruption in 2.2.12*

Brian Grayson (bgrayson@ibmoto.com)
Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:31:30 -0500


On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 09:36:16AM -0500, Nicholas R LeRoy wrote:
>
> After reboot:
> # diff include/linux/sched.h /tmp
> 517c517
> < extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_t *ss, stack_t *oss, unsigned long sp);
> ---
> > extern int do_sigaltstack(const stack_ö *ss, sDack_t *Mss, unsIgned long sp);
^ ^ ^ ^
> As you can see, exactly two bytes were corrupt in the bufferred version
> of the file, and thus copied to the file in /tmp, but the original ON DISK
> version of the file is fine. Something rotten in China.

Actually, there are 4 bytes that are corrupt, as I marked
above. Interestingly enough, they are all exactly 8 characters
apart. Hm.....

Brian Grayson

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