Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753348AbWLRGKF (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:10:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753351AbWLRGKF (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:10:05 -0500 Received: from liaag1ae.mx.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.31]:51851 "EHLO liaag1ae.mx.compuserve.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753348AbWLRGKE (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:10:04 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 01:03:08 -0500 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: 2.6.19.1 bug? tar: file changed as we read it To: linux-kernel Cc: linux-cifs-client , Steve French , Andrew Morton Message-ID: <200612180106_MC3-1-D56B-FD2F@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1259 Lines: 26 Trying to backup up a filesystem mounted via CIFS, I got these messages from tar: tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CONNMARK.c: File shrank by 1178 bytes; padding with zeros tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_TCPMSS.c: File shrank by 4177 bytes; padding with zeros tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_DSCP.c: File shrank by 1172 bytes; padding with zeros tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_tos.c: file changed as we read it tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_ECN.c: File shrank by 1638 bytes; padding with zeros tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_mark.c: file changed as we read it tar: t/2.6.10-orig/net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6t_mark.c: file changed as we read it This was with kernel 2.6.19.1 SMP on x86_64, creating a tar file on a local jfs filesystem (t is the source path on a cifs mount.) Using 2.6.18.6-pre2 uniprocessor i386, with smbfs instead of cifs, everything works fine so I'm pretty sure the server is OK. Does this match any known problems? -- MBTI: IXTP - 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/