On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 08:27:33PM -0500, David Miller wrote: > From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:33:10 -0500 (EST) > > > From: David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:10:07 -0500 (EST) > > > >> For example, I just found a bug with symlink handling in path > >> traversal fixed by the following patch. So if there are symlinks > >> involved in Meelis's setup that would be the cause rather than not > >> specifically using ext2 for the boot partition. > >> > >> -------------------- > >> ext2: Fix symlink being overwritten. > > > > Ignore me, there is no bug. All callers specifically use a special > > on-stack inode buffer to avoid this problem. > > Ok, while waiting for the debug dump from Meelis I think I found the > problem. > > With my test harness I reproduced a case similar to what Meelis saw > but it has nothing to do with ext3'ness or anything like that. > > The block group descriptors were having their location miscalculated. > It only worked for the first block of group descriptors. > > So if an inode is outside of the first several block groups, things > don't work. I guess for most /boot partitions, which are relatively > small, most if not all of the files fit into the working range. > > Jurij, can you possibly build a test package for Meelis to see if this > fixes the reported bug? Sure, a new package with this patch included is available at http://www.wooyd.org/silo/ Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov jurij@xxxxxxxxx Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
