[BUG] loop device problem in 2.2

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz (ankry@green.mif.pg.gda.pl)
Sat, 12 May 2001 20:34:21 +0200 (CEST)

Hi,

I observe a problem with loop block device over a sparse file grater than
2GB on alpha. When write attempts to the device appear (probably only at
offset greater than 2GB), the filesysstem where the loop device file is
located gets corruptted. i observe this eg. while doing

mke2fs /dev/loop0

I think it is either loop or ext2 problem...

Up till now I have tested 2.2.20pre2 and 2.2.19 kernels.

1. Is this a known problem ?
2. If so, is there any way to fix it ?

Andrzej

-- 
=======================================================================
  Andrzej M. Krzysztofowicz               ankry@mif.pg.gda.pl
  phone (48)(58) 347 14 61
Faculty of Applied Phys. & Math.,   Technical University of Gdansk
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/