Re: mmap() on cdrom files fails in 2.6.9-rc2-mmX

[Bill Davidsen]

Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> (Please CC me on reply, I am not subscribed to the LKML.)
>
> I think I found a bug in 2.6.9-rc2-mm4. It doesn't seem to be able to
> mmap() files located on cdroms. Same problem with -mm3 and -mm1.
> 2.6.9-rc2 works fine. I reproduced it on two completely different
> systems, so I guess it isn't device dependant.
>
> I tried to get mmap() to fail on other files with similar properties
> (different owner, read only) but it won't. The problem seems to affect
> only files located on cdroms.
>
> I also tried on a loop device-mounted cdrom image, in case the problem
> was related to the iso9660 filesystem. The problem wouldn't show. It
> seems to fail only on real cdroms.
>
> I searched the broken-out directory but wouldn't find any candidate to
> backout.

Is your mmap length a multiple of 2k? If not please resize and try 
again. There is some less traveled code when physical sector size is not 
512 bytes.

Yes, this is a wild guess, but it's easy to test if you have the kernel 
built.

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 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me
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