Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 23:35:22 +0200 From: "IBS / Andre Oppermann" <andre@pipeline.ch> To: Karl Denninger <karl@mcs.net> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MMAP problems Message-ID: <35BA4F9A.3E28B29E@pipeline.ch> References: <19980725155148.43084@mcs.net>
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Karl Denninger wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I believe I have found a rather serious MMAP problem in -CURRENT. > > Diablo (the news system) is the test case; with MMAP enabled it will randomly > write exactly one block (512 bytes) of zeros into the article spool files > rather than the proper data - its almost like an update via MMAP isn't > actually happening when it should, and is being thrown away. This shows > up as a corrupted batch when you try to transmit to others. > > I'm working on trying to isolate this, and will have more when I know > better what is going on. Terry mentioned something like this some time ago, he looked a little bit more into it and said it is also broken on -stable. You might check the archives. -- Andre Oppermann CEO / Geschaeftsfuehrer Internet Business Solutions Ltd. (AG) Hardstrasse 235, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland Fon +41 1 277 75 75 / Fax +41 1 277 75 77 http://www.pipeline.ch ibs@pipeline.ch To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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