Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Feb 1999 16:58:50 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: Filesystem specific information in inode overwritten |
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Mikulas Patocka wrote:
> > > Look at unit 'u' in inode structure in fs.h > > > You see that pipe_inode_info and socket share space with filesystem > > > specific information. > > > > Ah, one more person who noticed this lossage. Welcome to the club. I've > > sent the fix, but it was waay too close to 2.2.0, so... Linus told that > > while it looked OK for 2.3 it was *not* a 2.2-pre material. > > So I'll have to add 'char bug_workaround[64]' at the beginning of > struct hpfs_inode_info. Grrrr.
Grrrr, indeed. I tripped over that stuff when I tried to separate fs-dependent part of inode from inode itself (ext2; works). It also screws NTFS folks. It also adds uglyness to FAT-derived filesystems and NFS. Pity that I noticed it too late and those who've met this bug before just added bandaids instead of fixing the thing. Please, surround the placeholder with #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < 0x20300 and #else #error Fix the FIFO stuff #endif so that it would scream and shout in 2.3, OK? Al
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