/tmp> dd if=/dev/zero of=tt bs=1k count=1 seek=16M
dd: tt: Invalid argument
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
/tmp> dd if=/dev/zero of=tt bs=1k seek=2047k
19913+0 records in
19912+0 records out
^C
/tmp> ls -al tt
ls: tt: Value too large for defined data type
/tmp> su
Password:
/tmp# rm tt
rm: cannot remove `tt': Value too large for defined data type
/tmp# mv tt xx
mv: tt: Value too large for defined data type
/tmp# rm -f tt
rm: cannot remove `tt': Value too large for defined data type
/tmp# dd if=/dev/zero of=uu bs=1k count=2050 seek=2047k
2050+0 records in
2050+0 records out
/tmp# l uu
ls: uu: Value too large for defined data type
/tmp#
> Can you test the "dd" above to ensure it works with your tools and the old
> kernel? For your next 2.4.14 kernel build, it may be instructive to put
> a printk() inside the 3 checks in generic_file_write() before it outputs
> SIGXFSZ, which tells us limit and RLIM_INIFINITY, pos and count, and pos
> and s_maxbytes are, respectively. This will also tell us what limit is
> being hit (although it is most likely a ulimit issue).
Grmbl... I'll see what I can do.
Rogier.
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