Messages in this thread | | | From | Steven Cole <> | Subject | Re: 1352 NUL bytes at the end of a page? (was Re: Assertion `s && s->tree' failed: The saga continues.) | Date | Mon, 17 May 2004 16:15:51 -0600 |
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On Monday 17 May 2004 03:29 pm, Andrew Morton wrote: > Steven Cole <elenstev@mesatop.com> wrote: > > > > 1) Apply your patch to 2.6.6-current, build with PREEMPT > > 2) Test bk pull via ppp on reiserfs until and if it breaks. > > 3) Test bk pull via ppp on ext3 and take a look at the s.ChangeSet file > > if/when the failure occurs. > > 4) Apply akpm's patch here: > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=108478018304305&w=2 > > 5) Repeat 2,3 > > Nope. Please just see if this makes the problem go away: > > --- 25/fs/buffer.c~a Mon May 17 14:28:51 2004 > +++ 25-akpm/fs/buffer.c Mon May 17 14:29:02 2004 > @@ -2723,7 +2723,6 @@ int block_write_full_page(struct page *p > * writes to that region are not written out to the file." > */ > kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0); > - memset(kaddr + offset, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset); > flush_dcache_page(page); > kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0); > return __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc); > > _ > > If this patch is confirmed to fix things up, then and only then should you > bother testing the vmtruncate patch. > > Thanks. > >
Thank you very much Andrew. Building now.
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