Re: [Bug 218] Probable mmap() bug that breaks cpp-3.2

[Chris Wedgwood <cw@xxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 03:45:14PM -0600, Steve Lord wrote:

> Nope, the problem was this filesystem was last running a kernel from
> the time period where that bug was present. So there were a bunch of
> files in this state. Running mapcheck cleaned up the filesystems,
> and a new kernel cleaned up the bug.

I'm confused.... i read it as, 'new kernel, will deadlock, mapcheck
fixes this'.

So I assumed I could store data past EOF and still confuse a new
kernel.  I was wrong I take it?


  --cw