Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:58:24 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: stesin@gu.net Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, smc@servtech.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else seen this? Message-ID: <199703270128.LAA04400@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970326132352.6258H-100000@trifork.gu.net> from Andrew Stesin at "Mar 26, 97 01:28:28 pm"
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Andrew Stesin stands accused of saying: > On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > This looks very much like a problem that has been reported many times > > before, where one or more pages from a process' text are written back > > to the file. The pages aren't actually changed, but the file's timestamp > > is obviously updated. > > Just curious, what will happen in case the program file affected > by this bug will occasionally reside on a R/O-mounted FS? I haven't tried this, or heard anyone that has. > If the kernel will eat this difference quietly, without > any strange side effects, crashes, messages or so -- I'd probably > wonder... Likewise. > Andrew Stesin -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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