From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: dougg@torque.net (Douglas Gilbert)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MO drives (2048 byte block vfat fs) in lk 2.4
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 10:22:25 +0100 (BST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E14rcY9-0007dP-00@the-village.bc.nu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3AE39A86.8AB3FB30@torque.net> from "Douglas Gilbert" at Apr 22, 2001 10:59:18 PM
> The EIP resolved most often to cont_prepare_write() in
> fs/buffer. A disassembly suggests line 1802 in buffer.c
> [2.4.3ac11]. That is around a memset() between
> __block_prepare_write() and __block_commit_write() calls
> within the while loop. Most other addresses were within
> the same while loop. Perhaps someone with expertize
> in this area may like to examine that loop.
I'll take a dig. The fat code pulled out the magic buffer stuff because
it was meant to be going lower down which never happened..
Alan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-23 9:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-23 2:59 Douglas Gilbert
2001-04-23 9:22 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2001-04-23 21:42 ` Daniel Kobras
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