Bug 814296 - writev() returns 32-bit wrapped value on ext4 on x86_64 in certain cases
Summary: writev() returns 32-bit wrapped value on ext4 on x86_64 in certain cases
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 814302
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 6.2
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Red Hat Kernel Manager
QA Contact: Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Reported: 2012-04-19 14:30 UTC by Jouko Orava
Modified: 2012-04-19 14:45 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-04-19 14:45:32 UTC
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Description Jouko Orava 2012-04-19 14:30:36 UTC 
Reported by Jouni Siren to the linux-ext4 mailing list,
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=133424246404043&w=2

fixed by a one-line patch to fs/ext4/file.c,
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=133424653606040&w=2

verified on 2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64 kernels,
and verified the patch fixes the problem on said kernels,
http://marc.info/?l=linux-ext4&m=133484292912874&w=2
Comment 2 Eric Sandeen 2012-04-19 14:45:32 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 814302 ***
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