On Thu, Mar 17, 2016, at 18:18, Ruediger Meier wrote: > Could you show us > $ cat /proc/sysvipc/shm key shmid perms size cpid lpid nattch uid gid cuid cgid atime dtime ctime 0 131072 1600 393216 1409 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201259 0 1458201259 0 163841 1600 393216 1413 19472 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458231784 1458231784 1458201259 0 196610 1600 393216 1399 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201260 0 1458201260 0 229379 1600 393216 1399 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201260 0 1458201260 0 262148 1600 393216 1419 1474 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201262 1458201262 1458201261 0 294917 1600 393216 1419 1474 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201262 1458201262 1458201261 0 327686 1600 393216 1388 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201262 0 1458201262 0 360455 1600 393216 1416 2127 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458204570 1458204570 1458201265 0 393224 1600 393216 1424 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201265 0 1458201265 0 425993 1600 393216 1490 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201268 0 1458201268 0 458762 1600 393216 1495 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201268 0 1458201268 0 491531 1600 393216 1508 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201268 0 1458201268 0 524300 1600 393216 1497 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201268 0 1458201268 0 557069 1600 393216 1405 18482 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458215908 1458215908 1458201269 0 589838 1600 393216 1492 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201270 0 1458201270 0 622607 1600 393216 1493 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201273 0 1458201273 0 655376 1600 393216 1496 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201274 0 1458201274 0 688145 1600 393216 1417 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458201282 0 1458201282 0 720914 1600 393216 1413 19472 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458231784 1458231784 1458201449 -60920149 1081363 644 12 10036 0 0 1000 1000 1000 1000 0 0 1458215137 0 1114132 1600 393216 1417 921 2 1000 1000 1000 1000 1458215476 0 1458215476 > Generally I think we should make a statement about "what is the minimum > kernel version" for util-linux. A statement. And let the tests check the version and print a warning in case it's too old. > Two years ago I decided for myself that > I should fix bugs for newer kernels first. On the other hand 2.6.32 > would have been worth to support because it was officially maintained > from 2009 until last month! I'm not expecting you to fix things. It's just nice to put things in a harsher environment and see how they hold up. :) > I guess the kernel syscall does not return error thus our fallocate > succeed but the file is empty. It's a kernel bug we can't fix. Or > should we add a stat() call to validate the syscall? That sounds like a good idea: check, and double check. Benno -- http://www.fastmail.com - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe util-linux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html