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SubjectRe: Bug in /proc/lvm/global (garbage printed)
On Nov 10, 2001  12:06 +0100, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:
> The problem is in the _proc_read_global function. This function does
> not use the "page" parameter to return the data. Instead it allocates
> it's own buffer and change to "start" parameter to point to it.
>
> --- drivers/md/lvm-fs.c 2001/11/09 19:00:38 1.1
> +++ drivers/md/lvm-fs.c 2001/11/09 20:50:16
> @@ -482,11 +480,15 @@
> buf = NULL;
> return 0;
> }
> - *start = &buf[pos];
> - if (sz - pos < count)
> + /* *start = &buf[pos]; */
> + if (sz - pos < count) {
> + memcpy (page, &buf[pos], sz - pos);
> return sz - pos;
> - else
> + }
> + else {
> + memcpy (page, &buf[pos], count);
> return count;
> + }
>
> #undef LVM_PROC_BUF
> }

What version of LVM do you have? This code looks different than mine.
The file lvm-fs.c does not exist in Linus kernels, only in patched kernels.

Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2resize/
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/

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