Hello All, I am using linux 3.3.8 kernel on AP and trying to copy 5200 bytes of data from AP to USB disk ( /dev/sda1 -contains ext4 ) using directio method . For example mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb-ext4/ dd if=inptu.data of=/mnt/usb-ext4/output.data bs=4096 conv=notrunc oflag=append,direct the input.data file contains know pattern for example 0xaa55. and after writing this file from AP to USB disk, randomly i observed that the output.data file was corrupted (instead of 0xaa55, zero is written in the middle of the output file ) . is there any patches already available to fix this issue ? Thanks in advance for your help. Regards Ramesh -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html