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SubjectRe: linux-2.4-test & innd
Hi Linus,

On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 10:31:21PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> In article <8n4fq6$772$1@osiris.storner.dk>,
> Henrik =?ISO-8859-1?Q?St=F8rner?= <henrik@storner.dk> wrote:
> >In <20000812184137.425057.FMU767@casus.omskelecom.ru> Anton Petrusevich <casus@omskelecom.ru> writes:
> >
> >>Did anyone try to use inn on linux-2.4? I tried to use inn-{1.7.2,2.2.2}
> >>on kernels 2.4.0-test1-ac7, -test{5,6} and hit a bug. I got wrong
> >>.overview files, disappearing articles, wrong active file (what I
> >>think was the cause of others).
> >
> >I've been seeing this since 2.4.0-test4-pre3 or so. It did not happen
> >with test3, for sure.
>
> Can you please double-check exactly which kernel started doing this?

I haven't followed the 2.4 series closely. The first version I ran for
a longer period of time was 2.4.0-test3; I used it to try out the new
iptables/netfilter stuff. This version ran for a day and a half, so I
am fairly certain it did not show this behaviour.

2.4.0-test4 arrived shortly after -test3, and I noticed the error
quickly after I booted up -test4. I even posted a note to linux-kernel
about it on July 15th, titled "Something odd with 2.4.0-test4 - pipes
or suid/sgid broken ?" I though that the problem might be with running
mail-articles through a pipe and/or suid programs like procmail and
rnews, but it turns out that it was the innd problem.

Thinking back, I am not sure if I ran one of the test4-pre kernels. I
*think* I did and it showed this behaviour, but I cannot say with 100%
certainty that I did.

The test4-pre patches are no longer available on the ftp.kernel.org
mirrors, so trying them out one by one is not possible for me.

> (Sorry for the inconvenience, but I'd _really_ appreciate this
> problem being farmed out a bit and people trying to help figure out
> at which point it broke. I don't see anything obviously wrong.
> Which probably just means that I'm blind)

No problem. I'd like to see this fixed as well :-)

Here's some background info about my system, in case it might be
useful:

* PII/350 uni-processor system (and compiled as such)

* Symbios 53c875 SCSI controller. My Linux system is on SCSI disks.

* 128 MB RAM; hasn't shown any signs of being faulty.

* Pretty much stock Red Hat 6.2 tools and configurations. Only
exceptions are Reiserfs used instead of ext2, and qmail instead of
sendmail.

* Not heavily loaded - I mostly use INN for mail-to-news gatewaying.

If you need any further info or want me to try out something, just
let me know.

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