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From: Bernd Eckenfels <W1012@lina.inka.de>
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Subject: Re: reiserfs: still problems with tail conversion
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In article <878610000.983061717@tiny> you wrote:
> Exactly.  The tail conversion code depends heavily on the page up to date
> bit being set right.  It is more than possible that I've screwed up
> something there, and the code thinks a page is valid when it really isn't.

I have seen null byte corruptions in syslog files with ext2 in various
kernels. So perhaps it is a general VFS problem?

Greetings
Bernd
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