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SubjectRe: Corruption bug in CPU, kernel or tar
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Nate Eldredge <nate@cartsys.com> writes:

> I'm chasing a bug which I found while doing a stress-test with `(tar x; tar
> d) &' times seventeen. It involves occasional corruption of an extracted
> file (every few days). [...] Is there anything in tar or the kernel
> that handles 32-byte chunks and might be able to cause such corruption?
> Alternatively, has anyone heard of similar problems with the K6-3?

I'm not at all claiming that `tar' is innocent, but from your description,
I do not remember another user report, or a known bug, that would explain
the above behaviour. Of course, if you get some information that allows
to strongly suspect `tar', we should surely investigate. Keep happy!

--
François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard


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