Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:55:06 +0200 From: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> To: Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 available Message-ID: <m37jqfxqyd.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> In-Reply-To: <m3brfr691u.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> (Matthias Andree's message of "Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:11:41 %2B0200") References: <415720FD.8080603@samsco.org> <m3oejs3tom.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <415812AD.2090901@FreeBSD.org> <m3brfr691u.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org>
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Matthias Andree <ma@dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de> writes: >>> 3. data corruption on unaligned block access bug, kern/60313, >>> is still open and unpatched AFAICS >> >> Is this actually an issue in FreeBSD 5? In the audit trail of the PR, >> Bruce Evans seems to concede that GEOM checks block alignment >> properly. OK, seeking to a position that is not a multiple of the block size appears to trigger EINVAL on a subsequent write so this is NOT an issue for FreeBSD 5. -- Matthias Andree Encrypted mail welcome: my GnuPG key ID is 0x052E7D95 (PGP/MIME preferred)
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