-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 04/15/2010 05:48 PM, Jeff Mahoney wrote: > fsck_progress uses fs to get the log file handle but fs is freed before > fsck_progress is caleld when it's about to print the "finished" message. > > When glibc is run with: > MALLOC_CHECK_=3 > MALLOC_PERTURB_=69 > > as is the default on newer versions of openSUSE, it poisons freed memory > to detect conditions like this. As a result, reiserfsck segfaults on these > systems. > > This patch fixes fsck to close the file system after printing the completion > message. > > Edward, I'm working on adding support to check extended attributes, so please > hold off on an update until I post those patches early next week. BTW, until this fix is released in an actual update, it can be worked around by just un-setting the two variables mentioned above. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.15 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkvRpNkACgkQLPWxlyuTD7IfJACgp/qHg+2Rb+Qo57NwdH4m84Nn z3IAniFX5QBBe3C/uGoN9B0IFSye5awG =7Num -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe reiserfs-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html