Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Feb 2000 11:39:46 -0500 | From | Simon Kirby <> | Subject | Re: Page cache problem? (was Re: Problem with kernels 2.3.43/4/5) |
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On Tue, Feb 15, 2000 at 12:22:28AM +0100, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> Ok I could reproduce it as well: > 1) create a large file, larger that ram size > 2) please don't use "dd if=/dev/zero", the file should be random, > otherwise md5sum won't detect twisted sectors. > > 3) > $ (md5sum file&);(md5sum file&);(md5sum file&);(md5sum file&); > < wait until it created the sum> > < repeat> > > I replaced the file with "/dev/hda3", and the hash numbers were always > identical. > It seems that the problem is SMP specific, at least I couldn't reproduce > it on my AMD K6. > > Any known page cache corruptions in these kernel? (filesystem: ext2)
Yes, there was a problem with the queueing changes in 2.3.41pre4 that caused a problem with the IDE code. If you're not using IDE, it may be something else, but otherwise, try 2.3.46pre4 or newer.
Simon-
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