Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269412AbUJLBKa (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:10:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266892AbUJLBKa (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:10:30 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:62108 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S266888AbUJLBHn (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:07:43 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.9-rc4 - pls test (and no more patches) From: Lee Revell To: Linus Torvalds Cc: James Bottomley , Andre Tomt , Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: <416A53D3.9020002@tomt.ne t> <1097507381.2029.40.camel@mulgrave> <416ACF5E.80407@tomt.net> <1097522974.2029.161.camel@mulgrave> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1097542884.1453.120.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 21:01:25 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 869 Lines: 20 On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 19:35, Linus Torvalds wrote: > Well, as far as I can tell from the patch, the only way to get data > corruption from the bug is when you use the SCSI ioctl's at the same time > as the disk is busy. > > In other words, I think you'd have to do some special disk management, or > possibly try to burn a CD on a SCSI CD-ROM (or other special device that > uses the SCSI ioctl's) on the same controller. And nobody uses SCSI > CD-burners any more, I'd think. This is not some far-out scenario. For a long time Plextor SCSI burners were the best on the market, there are 1000's of them out there. Lee - 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/